Horse chestnut fells

[sean]

Took the little one down to the park today and couldnt believe what I came across.

 

Last time i was there a few weeks ago there were 10 mature Horse chestnuts lining the car park, with 2 of them just outside the park fence.(by the playgraound) Today...every single one of them felled. Most of the timber had been cleared but a few of the stems were on the ground still awaiting clearance.

 

I looked at these trees just out of interest a little while ago and saw no evidence of bleeding canker except in the largest which also had ganoderma and a few large pieces of deadwood, and on looking at the butt today was worthy of being felled given High Target.

 

The others however were in pretty good nick.

 

Is this a new Local authority policy? Fell mature Horse chestnuts in high target areas on the grounds that one of them is in free fall?