Is Your Tree About to Be Chopped Down?

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Chiswick looks set to become less leafy as Council replants elsewhere

A report presented to a recent Area Committee has revealed details of trees in Chiswick that have been selected for felling (see table at end of article).

102 trees in the three wards in Chiswick under Hounslow Council are due to be removed. Another 64 have already been felled.

Residents in Oxford Gardens earlier this year launched a petition for felled trees to be replaced after a seemingly healthy cherry tree was removed from their road without any notification.

Hounslow Council have stated that there is no money in their budget for the replacement of trees but cash from the Mayor of London's Street Tree planting fund has been allocated to the borough for planting.

This will be spent mainly in Brentford and Feltham as the Council is aiming to equalise the number of trees in the various areas of the Borough. The report states, " The spread of street trees is uneven across the Borough with over three times more in the Chiswick area as compared with the rest of the borough."

ChiswickW4.com have asked the Council to provide the number of tree plantings and removals in each area of the borough over the last two years and a projection for the current year but we have yet to receive a reply.

The report states that 357 trees were planted in the West Area of the borough and 302 in Brentford during the two years to March 2011. There is no comparable number for Chiswick although 25 trees were planted in the area in the year to March 2012. These were mainly funded by Section 106 money which is paid by developers as a condition of being granted planning permission. Given the number of removals there seems to be a high possibility that the number of trees is falling.

Cllr. John Todd, who represents Chiswick Homefields ward said, "The Last Conservative administration planted 1000 trees throughout Hounslow. The Chiswick Area Forum S106 sub committee are endeavouring to obtain the necessary funding to replace as many of the trees as possible. We know Chiswick residents endorse this strategy."

There are currently over 12,000 trees in the borough. The Council has a tree sponsorship scheme for residents who want to sponsor a street tree in their area. It costs £412 including the cost of the tree, planting, and maintenance for three years.

Trees in Chiswick Programmed for Removal

Location	Site	Species	Condition
Op 6	Belmont Road	Sorbus Aucuparia `beissneri`	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
Nr Footbridge At End Of Bridge	Bridge Street	Prunus Avium	Poor	Basal Cavity
opp 27	Burlington Gardens	Gleditsia Triacanthos	Poor	Leaning into road
Os 2 (memorial Homes)	Burlington Lane	Prunus Cerasifera`pissardii`	Poor	Lost/Broken leader
os 77	Burlington Lane	Aesculus Hippocastanum	Fair	Crown Decay
Os 25/27	Burnaby Gardens	Fraxinus Oxycarpa`raywood`	Poor	Branch/trunkseam
Os 10/12	Chesterfield Road	Sorbus Aucuparia	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 246	Chiswick High Road	Platanus X Hispanica	Fair	Basal Cavity
Op 2a	Devonshire Gardens	Taxus Baccata	Poor	Basal Decay
Os 11/13	Dukes Avenue	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Basal Cavity
Op 70/72	Dukes Avenue	Tilia Euchlora	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
Os 22	Fairfax Road	Acer Platanoides `schwedleri`	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 25-30/31-36 Flanders Mansion	Flanders Road	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Bark Wounds
Op 35	Fraser Street	Malus Robusta	Poor	Bark necrosis
Os 19/21	Geraldine Road	Prunus Unidentified Species	Fair	Leaning Tree
Os 26	Geraldine Road	Malus Tschonoskii	Poor	Basal Decay
Ro 07-12 7-12 Churchdale Court	Grosvenor Road	Aesculus Hippocastanum	Poor	Bark necrosis
Os 25	Grove Park Gardens	Betula Pendula	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 20/22	Grove Park Gardens	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Stem Decay
Ro No. Nought Strand On Green	Grove Park Road	Prunus Avium	Poor	Basal Decay
Os 8/10	Grove Park Terrace	Betula Pendula `tristis`	Poor	Dying
Op 68 Os Surgery	Grove Park Terrace	Betula Pendula `tristis`	Poor	Crown Decay
Near Jc Chertsey Rd	Hartington Road	Aesculus Hippocastanum	n/a	Dying
Left of Jnc The Lindens	Hartington Road	Prunus Dulcis	Poor	Dying
Right of Jnc Coniston Close	Hartington Road	Sorbus Aucuparia	Poor	Basal Decay
Os 38	Hartington Road	Malus Baccata	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
os 17/19	Harvard Road	Liquidambar Styraciflua	Poor	Lost/Broken leader
Jc Fauconb` Rd	Hazledene Road	Robinia Pseudoacacia	Poor	None recorded..
Lo 76	Hazledene Road	Betula Pendula	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 20/22	Hazledene Road	Prunus Kanzan	Fair	Dying
Os 12/14	Hazledene Road	Acer Platanoides `schwedleri`	Fair	Bark Exudation
Os 28/30	Kinnaird Avenue	Prunus Unidentified Species	Fair	ganoderma at base
Os 3	Lawford Road	Crataegus Oxycantha	Poor	Die back
Os 1b	Magnolia Road	Sorbus X Thuringiaca `fastigia	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 6	Milnthorpe Road	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
	Milnthorpe Road	Prunus Unidentified Species	Poor	Basal Decay
So 45 G.west Rd Near Junction	Milnthorpe Road	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Bark Wounds
	Milnthorpe Road	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Crown Decay
Lo 33-40 33-40 Prebend Mansion	Netheravon Road	Acer Pseudoplatanus	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 103	Netheravon Road South	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Basal and trunk suckers
Os 121	Park Road	Acer Platanoides `schwedleri`	Fair	None recorded..
Op 1	Park Road North	Fraxinus Excelsior	Poor	Basal Decay
Os 120/122	Princes Avenue	Sorbus Intermedia	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 94/96	Princes Avenue	Betula Pendula `tristis`	Poor	Deadwood >30mm
Re Pinkham Mansions	Regent Street	Prunus Avium	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 48	Silver Crescent	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Dying - tree has been poisoned.
So 38 Spencer Road	Station Gardens	Prunus Cerasifera`pissardii`	Poor	Die back
lo school entrance	Staveley Road	Aesculus Hippocastanum	Poor	Dying
Os 41	Stile Hall Gardens	Malus X Purpurea	Poor	Stem Decay
os 83	Stile Hall Gardens	Prunus Dulcis	Poor	Basal Decay
Op 109	Strand-on-the-green	Betula Pendula	Poor	Basal Decay
Side of 102 Nr park entrance	Strand-on-the-green	Prunus Avium	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
Os 18	Sutton Court Road	Sorbus X Thuringiaca `fastigia	Poor	Dying
Os 194	Sutton Court Road	Sorbus Aria `decaisneana`	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 174/176	Sutton Court Road	Sorbus Intermedia	Poor	Dying
Ad Grove Pk Brg Immediately Un	Sutton Court Road	Acer Pseudoplatanus	Poor	Dying
Os 164/166	Sutton Court Road	Sorbus Aria `lutescens`	Poor	Basal Decay - sounds hollow
	Sutton Court Road	Platanus X Hispanica	Poor	Dying
OS Egerton House, on Green	Sutton Court Road	Fraxinus Excelsior	Poor	Lost/Broken leader
Os 118-124	Thames Road	Prunus Serrulata	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
os 31	The Lindens	Prunus Avium	Poor	Stem Decay
Os 57/59	The Ridgeway	Prunus X Hillieri `spire`	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 29/31	Wavendon Avenue	Acer Platanoides `schwedleri`	Fair	Stem Decay
Os 36/38	Wavendon Avenue	Acer Platanoides `schwedleri`	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 51	Wavendon Avenue	Acer Pseudoplatanus Leopoldii	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 11/13	Whitehall Gardens	Alnus Incana	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
Os 17/19	Wilmington Avenue	Malus Hupehensis	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base
1Os School	Burlington Lane	Prunus Cerasifera`pissardii`	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 21	Grove Park Terrace	Betula Pendula	Poor	Crown Decay
.	Regent Street	Acer Pseudoplatanus	Fair	Crossing branches
	Regent Street	Quercus Robur	Fair	Stem Cavity
So 114 Park Rd	Staveley Road	Prunus Kanzan	Poor	Dying
Os 27/29	Whitehall Gardens	Alnus Incana	Poor	Crown Decay
0So 40 40 Wolseley G	Whitehall Park Road	Betula Pendula	Poor	Bark Wounds
Ad 95	Airedale Avenue	Robinia Sorbus Intermedia	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 18/20	Alwyn Avenue	Pseudoacacia	Poor	Basal Cavity
So 55 Homefield Road	Beverley Road	Tilia Platyphyllos	Poor	point of fungal body. holding
So 47 Turnham Green Terrace	Chardin Road	Sorbus Aucuparia	Poor	Stem Cavity
Os 13	Chatsworth Road	Laburnum Anagyroides	Poor	Basal Decay
lo 15	Chesterfield Road	Liriodendron Tulipifera	Poor	Basal Cavity
SO 28 Hartington Close	Coniston Close	Acer Pseudoplatanus	Fair	Die back
Os 21/23	Dale Street	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 27	Dukes Avenue	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 36/38	Dukes Avenue	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Basal Decay
os 82/84	Dukes Avenue	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Basal Cavity
Os 34/36	Elmwood Road	Acer Negundo	Poor	Crown Decay
Os 16	Elmwood Road	Malus Unidentified Species	Poor	Basal Decay
Ro 01-06 1-6 Churchdale Court	Grosvenor Road	Tilia Platyphyllos	Poor	Basal Decay
Os 2/3 Campden 2/3 Campden Ter	Linden Gardens	Tilia Europaea	Poor	Basal Cavity
opp lo 11 bridgestreet	Mills Row	Betula Pendula	Poor	Leaning Tree - tree leaning into
Os 7/9	Oxford Gardens	Prunus Cerasifera`pissardii`	Poor	Raised roots/buttressing
Os 24/26	Oxford Gardens	Prunus Cerasifera`pissardii`	Poor	Basal Decay
os 104	Princes Avenue	Sorbus Intermedia	Poor	Stem Cavity
Os 75/77	Sutton Court Road	Sorbus Aria	Poor	Stem Cavity
opp 168	Sutton Court Road	X Cupresocyparis Leylandii	Fair	Unsuitable
opp168	Sutton Court Road	X Cupresocyparis Leylandii	Fair	Unsuitable
os 29	The Lindens	Malus Baccata	Poor	Fungal fruiting bodies @ Base

 

 

August 9, 2012