| Proposal | Works to trees within the grounds of Gosberton House School, the trees are within Area One of Gosberton Tree Preservation Order No. 13,1988, they are also within Gosberton Conservation Area. (A plan attached to the application showed the approximate position of most of the trees).
All dead wood to be removed.
Locust tree likely to be a Robinia pseudoacacia, at the 'top of the field', near western boundary (not marked on the plan).
Remove epicormic growth at base.
Hawthorn at the base of a London Plane.
Trim back a hawthorn shrub which grows from the base of the trunk of the London plane.
(Hawthorn not the subject of the Tree Preservation Order and not marked on the plan).
Ash (next to London Plane tree).
Carry out selective removal of lower branches over-hanging the pool.
Remove the two big branches which are rubbing together, leaving the small branch.
Sycamore (on corner of kitchen).
Crown lift away from the building.
Yew (next to the above sycamore).
Tip prune to leave two metres clearance from the building and paths.
Larch (outside Class 6).
Tip prune the branch overhanging the classroom.
Prune back lower spindly growth overhanging the paths and sensory garden.
(Larch not the subject of the Tree Preservation Order).
Willow (in the sensory garden).
Remove, completely spindly and not secure.
Norway Maple (near trampoline).
Crown lift away from hedge/oil tank/shed/trampoline.
Young sycamores (on the boundary of the nursing home behind the Norway maple).
Remove all three young sycamores.(Young sycamores, due to age, unlikely to be the subject of the Tree Preservation Order).
Grind out an old stump nearby (it has some sooty fungus disease).
Orchard.
Any of the fruit trees can be selectively pruned/lowered/thinned out to improve the fruit production.
(Orchard trees not the subject of the Tree Preservation Order and not marked on the plan). |