BobApple2023

That won't be happening. Happy to describe it better if you genuinely need more info to help with my post.

So I checked Streetview which has history! I didn't know that - super useful. Anyway, there used to be a lovely medium sized cherry blossom that must have died (it looked a little decrepit) and it was removed and then a year or two after that the Horse Chestnut was planted. So, I apologise to the council for saying they'd just put the same species back - no, instead they replaced a suitable tree with a daft choice.

That thought crossed my mind. I wondered if the council would eventually notice, if they do some sort of audit or tree survey. Don't laugh 😁I have no idea how these things work aside from seeing that tree matters always get taken very seriously by the authorities!

Well yes, if I follow you correctly, but let's imagine that the tree dies a tragically young death (due to natural causes, of course) then I bet the council would replace it with the exact same species. they didn't seem to display much commonsense in the original choice. Or perhaps I misunderstand your point.

I'm looking to buy a house. For some reason, the county council has picked the horse chestnut as the right species to plant in a narrow grass verge in front of the house. The tree is young and about 6ft high but I'm conscious that it will grow much, much bigger. The house I'm looking at buying is 7.5m from the tree so I would expect that at maturity the tree could affect the house foundations and driveway, as well as overshadowing the house. Not only that but I suspect it'll ruin the pavement and affect the road eventually. I would like to understand if the council would acknowledge the risk and replace the tree with a more suitable species. I made an initial enquiry of the council to ask if they'd look at it, but they came back with a nonsensical response that they don't replace trees because trees are good for the environment (paraphrasing, but that was the gist of it). So I need to go back to the council and try again but before I do, I thought I should check with people who might be able to suggest the right buttons to push to get them to look again. Has anyone got any advice on how best to approach this please? Thank you!