Shown in the photographs are the trees that I am requesting to remove and are made up of two silver birch, one white beam and six mixed fruit trees. The reason I am requesting to remove them is that the properties long time tenants have just left and the estate are wanting to redevelop the courtyard area as it has been left to get quite overgrown and unkempt. The hope was to retain the central fruit trees as they could be easily maintained but unfortunately they are poor specimens after many years of neglect and questionable pruning. The remaining fruit trees are growing too close to the buildings and so request that they be removed before they cause any damage. Then that leaves the two silver birch and the white beam, these have grown really too large for their location and have completely taken over this part of the quite small courtyard and so request permission to remove. If successful in the application after the area has been cleared and re landscaped we propose t... read more

Norman House, School Lane, Beeley, Matlock, DE4 2NU