REAR: ONE Ash tree (T1)(ht.15m) FELL. Reason: health & safety, tree is in a state of decay, shedding branches, numerous shaggy Bracket fungal brackets on the main stem. Duty to replace applies.Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Section 213 of Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). See also ref: Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance, para 121. Informative B: the replacement tree to be a large canopy tree to replace amenity, landscape character, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change, species such as small leaved lime, oak, Robinia, Norway maple, wild cherry, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), Bird cherry, Tulip Tree, hornbeam, hop hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia), Indian horse chestnut, Caucasian wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia), Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Liquidambar, Bee-bee Tree (Tetradium daniellii), Turkish hazel, Turkey oak, Holm oak, Caucasian elm (Zelkova carpinifolia), Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum). Informative C: The Bat Conservation Trust advises checking thoroughly for roosting bats before and during tree works with soft fell process followed to proceed with care and with cut timber left grounded over night to allow any bats to make their way out, tree works ideally during Sept/Oct to avoid maternity and hibernation seasons when bats are most vulnerable to disturbance. Informative D: please retain a safe standing stem and create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

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