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23/00615/TPO Felling of conifer tree in rear garden

Talbot Row is a development of new housing as part of the redevelopment of the Atkins site backing on to Chalk Lane. This application refers to the felling of a conifer tree subject to a Tree Protection Order (TPO). Since Epsom Civic Society wrote its letter objecting to the removal of the tree, the Epsom Tree Advisory Board has identified the tree as a young (50-60 year old) yew tree rather than a conifer.

The original application for the whole site included a condition to preserve as many as possible of the trees along the brick wall beside chalk lane, which includes this tree. This was done to preserve the environmental and street scene benefits of what was the grounds of the Mansion house.

The Society deprecates the attempt to frustrate this objective so soon after the completion of the development. If indeed it is, in fact, a yew tree, the environmental benefit of retaining it will be much greater, since yew trees have a natural life span measured in centuries not decades.

See our letter here.