| Proposal | Application to carry out major pruning works to a Lucombe oak tree within Area One of Gosberton TPO No.13,1988. The tree is located within the grounds of Gosberton House School,11 Westhorpe Road,Gosberton. The tree is adjacent to the north eastern edge of the roundabout marked on the carpark immediately next to the north western side of a garage situated adjacent to the central enclosed area of the school surrounding the school buildings.
The tree has multiple brackets of a species of Ganoderma fungi at it's base, on the south eastern side. Ganoderma fungi decays the heartwood, and weakens the tree. It is therefore proposed to reduce the tree to its fork at 10 metres and to branch junctions within six metres of the main stem. |