30 Garlies Road, London, SE23 2RT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

REAR (west/RHB): ONE dead pollard Horse chestnut (T1, in G37 in TPO)(approx.ht.4-6m) FELL. REASON: The tree is dead and structurally unstable. It is currently being partially supported by garden furniture and poses an immediate risk to occupants of the house and surrounding property. Condition to replace applies. TPO: The London Borough of Lewisham (Garlies Road/Allenby Road/1-45 Perry Rise/rear of Houston Road) Tree Preservation Order 1976. Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement TPO tree when there is an urgent necessity to remove the tree because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm, ref. para 79 and 80 of Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, government guidance 6 March 2014. Informative B: the replacement tree in TPO G37 with an Indian Horse Chestnut, is important to maintain the TPO, for rear amenity, wildlife and urban forest canopy for shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please leave the stem lying safely in the garden and create habitat log piles with other arisings for wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Data via plota.co.uk