Tree Preservation Order EL:157 - T1 - Oak - reduce overall by 2.5m to leave finished height of 16m and finished spread of 14m. Please see…

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Tree Preservation Order EL:157 - T1 - Oak - reduce overall by 2.5m to leave finished height of 16m and finished spread of 14m. Please see the following points below which relate to the attached images: Image 1. NE facing limb - approximately 10m from ground - pruning wound decaying visible from ground, completely hollow Image 2. S facing limb, 10m from ground, 3 m along branch - large cavity from large pruning cut. Further out on the limb the branch dropping down has a large cavity visible from the ground indicating hollow branch. Image 3. Main central stem - previous large snap out at the top looks like has failed through an old cable wire brace. Wound is north facing. Image 4. Branch parallel with above (Image 3). 16 m from ground - S facing large limb has fracture and is leaning in a lower branch. Helical cracks through the middle of the branch. Image 5. NW facing in lowest limb snapped hanging branch 12m from ground. Facing towards alleyway Image 6. W facing two lowest limbs at 8 and 9 metres from ground have top side decay. Image 7. SE facing lowest limb has large top side cavity at the union, 4-5m along branch - old pruning decay and the branch has hollowed before the wound. Image 8. W facing 11m from ground cavity from what looks like an old helical crack.