Roadside trees to be cut at Bibury Court

How to comment

The comment period closed on 1 April. The council may still accept a comment before its decision.

Summary

About 15 trees beside the road at Bibury Court would be cut down. Some other trees would lose dead branches over the road.

The trees are described as dead, failing, or in poor health. The work would change the roadside view. It should also remove branches that may fall over the road.

The council will decide after the comment period. The papers do not say that this work has started or been approved.

The council's wording below is the official record. This summary was made automatically from the council's notice.

What the council wrote

There are approx 15No ivy covered trees out of circa 75 trees that have issues (dead, failing/failed basal unions etc) that are adjacent the road. The 15no will need felling and there are few more that require dead limbs removing from over the road. T1 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - in decline - fellT2 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - bark necrosis and loss, crown die back - fellT3 - Sycamore - circa 200mm diameter stem - bark necrosis and loss - fellT4 - Larch - semi mature, circa 300mm diameter stem - moribund - fell to ground level T5 - Larch - semi mature, circa 300mm diameter stem - dead - fell to ground level T6 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - included union at 1m - fellT7 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - tri union at 1m. included bark and previous limb lossT8 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - in decline - fellG1 - 7No Norway maple - semi mature, average 300mm diameter stem and smaller - Fell to ground level See attached tree location plan and example images