Agenda item

SPLIT DECISION:

OPTION ‘A’ - PERMISSION

OPTION ‘B’ - REFUSED

Description of application – T1 Willow tree in front garden -

Option A - Significant pruning to reduce the spread and height of the tree by 50% or more.

Option B - Staged and systematic felling of the tree with a suitable

evergreen replacement.

Oral representations in support of the tree being felled were received at the meeting.

An email from a local resident had been received and circulated to Members with a request for them to visit the site to see the tree in person. .

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED A SPLIT DECISION:-

CONSENT AS RECOMMENDED, REMOVING OPTION A - SIGNIFICANT PRUNING TO REDUCE THE SPREAD AND HEIGHT OF THE TREE BY 50%. SO JUST: T1 WILLOW TREE IN FRONT GARDEN – REDUCE TO PREVIOUS PRUNING POINTS, ABIDING BY BRITISH STANDARD 3998.