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CHARLTON HOUSE, CHARLTON ROAD, LONDON, SE7 8RE
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Council sourceT253 - Wild cherry DEAD - fell 7m in height. Fell tree to ground level. A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement. T254 - Wild cherry DEAD - fell 7m in height. A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement. T429 - Lime DEAD - fell 12m in height. Fell tree to ground level. A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement. T291 - Oak - crown reduce above cable brace 16m in height. Reduce height by 3m from 18m to 15m above the existing cable brace. Reduce laterals by 2m above the brace on all compass points. No reduction below the brace. T395 - Oak - crown lift, thin and remove deadwood over path 18m in height. No reduction to height or spread. Crown lift to 3m over the path. Crown thin by 10 %. Remove deadwood over the path. T407 - Yew - remove deadwood over path 12m in height. No reduction to height or spread. T292 - Yew - reduce to monolith 13m in height. Reduce height by 5m from 9m to a standing monolith of 4m - failing crown while retaining the stem as standing deadwood habitat, which is of considerable ecological value in historic parkland and is preferred here to felling. T292.1 - Yew - crown lift over path 12m in height. No reduction to height and no reduction to the crown away from the path. T396 - Oak - remove deadwood over path 16m in height. No reduction to height or spread. T1 - Yew - remove deadwood over path 13m in height. No reduction to height or spread. T398 - Oak - remove deadwood over path 16m in height. No reduction to height or spread. T2 - Yew - remove deadwood over path 13m in height. No reduction to height or spread. T430 - Acacia - heavy pollard, leave stems as habitat 16m in height. Reduce height by 6m from 16m to 10m, cutting the main stems back to leave standing habitat stems in situ. A veteran acacia - hollowing and in declining condition. The tree will be reinspected following the works. T399 - Acacia - heavy crown reduction 18m in height. Reduce height by 6m from 18m to 12m. Reduce laterals by 4m from 10m to 6m on all compass points, cutting back to sound growth points. Its response will be monitored and reassessed at the next inspection. T402 - Holly DEAD - fell 6m in height. Fell tree to ground level.A native pollinator will be planted as a replacement.
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| UnknownTree Documents · PDF | 17 Sept 2026 | View |
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| Feecalculation152277650000.pdfPlanning Portal Application · PDF | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
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| Charlton house - annotated tree plan152277650000.pdfDocument · PDF | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T254152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T396152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T407152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T291152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T292152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T398152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T395152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T429152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| T253152277650000.pngDocument | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
| Application form redactedApplication Form · PDF | 16 Sept 2026 | View |
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