14 Somerset Gardens, London, SE13 7SY Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

REAR: ONE Ash (T2)(ht.10-12m) FELL. REASONS: the Ash is close to the rear of the house, leaning over a raised decked seating area, casting shade making adjacent part of the garden unsuitable for productive growing, propose to replace with a small orchard of (4) apple trees with a kitchen garden for growing vegetables for sustainability, for tree species and habitat diversity including a wildflower area for bees, butterflies, and hedgehogs within the predominantly woodland garden. Informative A: huge thank you for the replacement tree planting with four fruit trees, and for retaining other trees to maintain a predominantly woodland garden for amenity, wildlife and urban forest canopy to reduce increasingly high heatwave temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity, and thank you especially for creating habitat for endangered hedgehog (now classified in the British Mammal Red List as vulnerable to extinction). Data via plota.co.uk