Jon
"Cheers Paul, but there's the rub. We do not know how the disease is
going to run. Do we? These are otherwise healthy vigorous trees."
I put a TPO on 50 odd semi-mature Horse Chestnuts in 1999 located in a
rural location. They were all the same size/age and reasonably sound and
healthy at that time (some more, some less, but reasonable
none-the-less) and with no discernable symptoms of the disease. Last
year I think I counted five dead, about the same number again with
yellowing leaves and looking distinctly sick. Most, if not all, have
symptoms of Bleedin' Canker. What can I say other than they now all
appear diseased and would therefore probably qualify for exemption from
the TPO. I suppose the question you might want to ask your self is that
would you be happy arguing on appeal if someone post development wants
to remove them?
"Tesh, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Tesh@xxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk> 08/02/2010 14:09
Paul says <there should be a good supporting statement as to why said
trees shouldn't constrain development>
Cheers Paul, but there's the rub. We do not know how the disease is
going to run. Do we? These are otherwise healthy vigorous trees. Mind,
why did they succumb to an infection in the first place? Can young
trees
exhibit symptoms and be otherwise fine in the long-term? I am
separately
awaiting a Forest Research opinion but the jury seems always to be out
on this matter (except Edmund! - cheers, I feel you are right).
Jon
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