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Gosberton Church Yard Westhorpe Road Gosberton
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Council sourceWorks to prune trees in the church yard of St.Peter's and St.Paul's Church, Gosberton which is within Gosberton Conservation Area. Reference numbers refer to the sketch plan attached to the notification and amended on 11th January 2013. 1: Holly, remove or reduce by 50%. 2: Walnut, reduce over house to give two metres clearance from house. (This tree is identified as T5 of Gosberton Tree Preservation Order No. 16 1996). 3: Norway maple, reduce over house to give two metres clearance from house and remove low branch over the garden. 4: Yew, cut back hard to clear grave stone. 5: Holly, large tree, prune top by up to 20% and shape to balance, leave lower growth. 5a:Holly, two small trees, remove. 6: Holly, by wall, remove. 7: Weeping beech, Prune re-growth in crown to suppress height, tip prune near building. 8: Magnolia, tip prune from church to give no more than one metre clearance. 9: Yew, small tree, cut back hard. 10:Judas tree, 25% crown reduction to include a one metre clearance from the church. 11:Rowan, remove. 12:Magnolia, 25% crown reduction, to include one metre clearance from church. 13: Alder,remove side branch. 14: Hawthorn, remove. 15: Willow, remove. 16: Crack willow, remove. 17: Ash, remove. 18: Beech, remove rival leader and lowest branches. 19: Silver birch, crown clean, in particular the removal of crossing branches likely to rub and dead wood. 20: Hawthorn, remove. 21: Holly, remove. 22. Willow, remove. 23: Ash, remove. 24: Hazel, re-coppice to clear from wall. 25: Ash, three small ash, remove. 26: Sycamore, remove. 27: Sallow, remove. 28: Elder, remove. 29: Hazel, re-coppice. 30: Elm, dead remove. 31: Hazel, coppice. 32: Hazel, two trees, re-coppice. 33: Cherry, to reduce by 30%. 34: Cherry, to reduce by 25-30%.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Amended PlansAmended Plans | 14 Feb 2013 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form | 14 Jan 2013 | View |
| Site LocationSite Location | 14 Jan 2013 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 21 Feb 2013 | View |
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