Hill House, 2 Welton Park, Welton, Daventry, NN11 2JW

T1 - Sycamore - Mature Sycamore tree growing within the old hedge/new fence line with a canopy biased towards towards the north and east - The tree has a very unsymmetric canopy with a large lateral branch emitting from the main stem at 2 metres (northern and western aspect) Proposed works - Reshape the canopy with the reduction of certain proportions of the tree to reduce the likelihood of branch failure with the weighted canopy. Reduce the norther aspect of the crown from 9 metres by 3 metres leaving a spread of 6 metres Reduce the western aspect from 10 metres by 4 meters leaving a spread of 6 metres Reduce the southern aspect from 6 metres by 1 metre leaving a spread of 5 metres Reduce the eastern aspect from 5.5 metres by 0.5 metres leaving a spread of 5 metres Reduce the height of the canopy from 22 metres by 4 metres to 18 metres and to be reshaped into the remainder of the canopy (suspected squirrel damage in top proportion of the canopy), remove any significant dead wood.

Very old copied sycamore requires removal due to part of tree sharing root ball already failing and falling down. Possible sooty bark disease.

Tree 3 on plan mature Sycamore situated to front r/h front of house. Advice - removal of tree