One of the ash trees scheduled for removal was felled this morning. Neighbours described an atmosphere of loss and shock at the site this afternoon - something in the air surrounding the stump.
There was better news regarding the other ash tree (pictured below) after I emailed this morning asking that it be reduced rather than removed. I pointed out that it was further from the blocks of flats than the tree above.
Gary Rimmer, Brent Trees Officer, replied:
Good morning, thank you for your e-mail, as suggested, we will remove the ash tree nearest the block, and the horse chestnut.
The ash that’s a little further away, on the mound, will be reduced in size.
Monitoring to the affected building is ongoing, if, at some point in the future, it’s felt that the reduction we are about to do has proved ineffective and we have to remove the second ash we will inform residents of that decision, prior to the event, to reiterate, currently we are going to prune it, not remove it.
The offer to consider planting here, and elsewhere on the estate still stands, perhaps we can meet up sometime soon to discuss this.
The pruning is scheduled for tomorrow.
