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Maryport House 49 Maryport Street Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1AF
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Council source1. Copper beach tree front left of garden on the boundary growing up against the wall (facing from the road). To raise lower iambs to 5.2m above the road to keep roadway clear, possibly cut away branches away from the prison wall to prevent branches growing over the prison wall and remove any dead branches for safety reasons. The tree is easily identifiable as it front left of the garden as you look from the road. 2. To remove large limbs over phone wire to prevent interference with phone wires and to raise lower limbs growing over the roadway to 5.2 metres to keep roadway clear. The tree is easily identifiable as it is growing over the phone lines coming in to the garden 3. To remove 2 horse chestnut trees that have self seeded on the very right edge of our garden (facing from the road) as they haven?t grown normally due to growing in shade of other tree and because the size these trees will grow to and the closeness to the wall. These two trees are easily identifiable as they are on the right front edge of the garden4. To remove Lawsons Cypress in the front of garden as it is growing disproportionate to the size of garden, is obstructing phone lines and taking up the driving way turning circle. It is easily identifiable as the only Lawson Cypress in front of the garden. 5. To removing Lawsons Cypress running on right edge of the garden as it has grown too tall disproportionate to the size of the garden. Easily identifiable as the tallest tree in the garden.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| TREE IN CON AREA APPROVE DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 5 Nov 2024 | View |
| IMG_3643Drawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2024 | View |
| IMG_3648Drawing | 7 Oct 2024 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 7 Oct 2024 | View |
| TREE PLANSBackGround Papers · PDF | 7 Oct 2024 | View |
| LOCATION PLANOS Extract · PDF | 7 Oct 2024 | View |
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