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Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH
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301 - Sycamore - Remove dead branches. Stabilise via reduction of end weight, branches with dieback, to a suitable live growth point. 302 - Leylandii - Raise low branches to approximately 2.5m from ground level (fgl). 303 - Leylandii - Raise low branches over off-road footpath to approximately 2.5m fgl. TR1 - Willow - Prune regrowth to nearest suitable growth point to points of previous pruning. Prune low adventitious growth back to source, to maintain clearance from built structures. To include small Irish Yew. 314 - Macrocar pa - Prune both branches back to source to reduce likelihood of failure. 327 - Yew - Prune branch ends that are in contact with storage containers, to provide a clearance of up to 1.5m. 333 - Lime - Remove epicormic to crown break & lower overdeveloped epicormic branches over bin store & building. Remove significant sized deadwood over bin store area. 334 Lime - Remove epicormic to crown break & lower overdeveloped epicormic branches over storage buildings. Remove significant sized deadwood. 335 Lime - Prune lower epicormic growth & overdeveloped small diameter branches back to source, to provide clearance from storage building & nitrogen tank. To include Holly further along the path. Prune low branches away from nitrogen tank & ducting pipes, providing a clearance of up to 1.0m where possible. 338 G1 - Holly & Laurel - Prune branches over built structure, to achieve a clearance of approximately 4m fgl back to beyond roofline, matching lower growth. To include Holly & Laurel up to the Late mature Oak 339. Beyond this point up to Silver Birch (tag 342) Prune side lateral growth back to previous points of pruning. Prune the lateral branches from X2 Beech within the group to achieve a clearance from all built structures of up to 2.0m where possible. 342 - Silver Birch - Remove epicormic growth. Prune lateral branches by approximately 500mm or back to source, to provide a clearance of up to 1.0m from built structure. 424 - Corsican Pine - Remove to source x 4 lower branches over the Irish Yew, to include x 2 dead branches in the lower crown. 425 Scots Pine - Prune low branches growing towards fire escape path, to suitable secondary growth points. Objective is to provide a clearance of up to 2.5m fgl. Remove x 2 low branches growing toward the Irish Yew, to reduce future conflict via growth suppression. 354 Lime - Remove major deadwood towards lawn area/fire assembly points. G2 - Limes - Remove all epicormic growth & over developed epicormic growth up to crown break on all Lime trees Remove major deadwood (Mdw) that has potential to strike interconnected paths. 2534 - Beech - Remove major deadwood. 390 - Lime - Remove epicormic & overdeveloped epicormic growth up to crown break. G3 - Limes - Remove basal epicormic & epicormic growth along with over developed growth, up to crown break. 395 - Beech - Remove major deadwood. 2537 - Stone Pine - Remove significant sized deadwood. 2538 - Red Oak - Remove significant sized deadwood. G4 - Mixed Species - Prune back low branches over car park bays to a height of approximately 4.5m fgl, back to party line. Prune branches to clear street lamp by up to 2.0m. T1 - Yew - Remove to open understory area for an opportunity to increase woodland floor plant diversity. This action will frame the large mature Beech & become more of a focal point when walking through the area. T2 - Yew - Removal to open understory area for an opportunity to increase woodland floor plant diversity. T3 - Holly - Reduce tops by approximately 3.5m to a final height of 3.5m fgl & prune lateral branches by up to 2m to form a more compact tree that can be managed as a small tree in the future. This will open up the mid skyline vista into the lower woodland area, drawing the eye to the more dominant mature trees as viewed from the corner of the Old Manor House.
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| 08112024 091713 Consent for TPO tree worksTPO - Tree Works | Not published | View |
| P24S3329TPOTPO - Tree Works | Not published | View |
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