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1 Sycamore: Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 3 metres leaving a reasonable silhouette. 2 Sycamore: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1 metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.3 Ash: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.4 Sycamore: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1 metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.Reason: To reduce excessive shading and nuisance to neighbours.5 Ash: Crown clean.6 Beech: Crown clean.8 Sycamore: Remove all dead woodReason: Good arboricultural practice and notified for the avoidance of doubt.9 Beech: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.11 Ash: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.12 Holly: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.13 Hawthorn: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.22 Spruce: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.Reason: They are trees that have a serious, irremediable, structural defect, such that their early loss is expected due to collapse, showing signs of significant, immediate, and irreversible overall decline. Trees infected with pathogens of significance to the health and/or safety. 14 Elm: Crown clean, crown lift to give 5 metres clear canopy height over drive.15 Ash: Crown clean.16 Sycamore: Cut ivy, Crown clean.17 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean.18 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean. 19 Sycamore: Cut ivy, Crown clean.20 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean.21 Ash: Crown clean.Reason: Good arboricultural practice and notified for the avoidance of doubt.

St Veronicas Church Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JR

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Application summary

Status
Decided
Application type
Works to Trees Subject to TPO
Received
23 Mar 2020
Validated
13 Aug 2020
Determination deadline
8 Oct 2020
Local authority
Rossendale Borough Council

Application overview

1 Sycamore: Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 3 metres leaving a reasonable silhouette. 2 Sycamore: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1 metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.3 Ash: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.4 Sycamore: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1 metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.Reason: To reduce excessive shading and nuisance to neighbours.5 Ash: Crown clean.6 Beech: Crown clean.8 Sycamore: Remove all dead woodReason: Good arboricultural practice and notified for the avoidance of doubt.9 Beech: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.11 Ash: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.12 Holly: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.13 Hawthorn: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.22 Spruce: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.Reason: They are trees that have a serious, irremediable, structural defect, such that their early loss is expected due to collapse, showing signs of significant, immediate, and irreversible overall decline. Trees infected with pathogens of significance to the health and/or safety. 14 Elm: Crown clean, crown lift to give 5 metres clear canopy height over drive.15 Ash: Crown clean.16 Sycamore: Cut ivy, Crown clean.17 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean.18 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean. 19 Sycamore: Cut ivy, Crown clean.20 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean.21 Ash: Crown clean.Reason: Good arboricultural practice and notified for the avoidance of doubt.

Proposal details

Reference
2020/0012/TPO
Alternative references
PP-08606682
Ward
Helmshore
Agent
ACS CONSULTING

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TPO WORKS 2020-0012 SIGNED DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF13 Aug 2020View
APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF22 Mar 2020View

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