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12 Woodgavil Banstead Surrey SM7 1AA
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12 Woodgavil Banstead Surrey SM7 1AA
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View council mapMODIFIED SPECIFICATION FOR CROWN THINNING SEE CONDITION 2 T1- Cedar - Remove all major dead wood from the crown of the Cedar tree and inspect the tree for overall health. T2 - Sycamore - Reduce the overextended lateral limbs that are heavily overhanging the neighbours garden and homeowners outbuilding with two branches snapping recently a reduction of 1.5-2m on all overextended lateral limbs blending the reduction into the upper crown and removing all dead wood to create a well shaped and balanced crown. crown lift up to 4m to keep the branches away from the outbuilding roof. Remove all major dead wood. T3 - Cherry - Reduce the overextended lateral limbs and any branches to create a well shaped and balanced crow. Crown thin by approximately 20% to allow more dappled light in to the garden and grass area below. Remove all major dead wood. T4 - Sycamore - Reduce the overextended lateral limbs and crown lift to 4m to create a well shaped and balanced crown. thin the crown by approximately 20% to allow more dappled light into the garden and grass area below. The reason for all the above work is to keep the trees healthy and in good shape with out massively impacting the surrounding properties in a negative way. The neighbour has complained multiple times that there garden is being overtaken by the homeowners trees and although both properties love having the trees in the gardens they are now blocking all the light and killing the grass below and making the bottom of the gardens unusable due lack of light. All work listed above will be compliant with BS3998 and help reshape the trees and help contain them in a limited space with out detrimental effect.
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| FINRPT - Case Officer report (Web)FINRPT - Case Officer report (Web) | 11 Jun 2026 | View |
| Decision - TPO - Approve (Web)Decision - TPO - Approve (Web) | 11 Jun 2026 | View |
| woodgavil.jpgPlan - Location Plan (Web) | 13 Mar 2026 | View |
| ApplicationFormRedacted.pdfApplication Form (Web) | 13 Mar 2026 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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