Hello,
Grateful for any advice as I cannot find a post which exactly matches my enquiry.
Part 1. I Have a large weeping Silver Birch which is located approx 3.5 m from property, the large canopy takes up a vast chunk of the garden, is there any realistic possibility that a council will permit removal of tree to allow use of that part of the garden? We love the the tree it is beautiful, but it really has taken over and is making back rooms dull and in the summer full of shade in the garden.
Part 2, I am considering an extension in the future to square the back of the property and give us a formal dining room, in normal circumstances probably agreeable under permitted development however I believe the TPO would alter that? Any new wall installed will be less than a meter from the tree, is having a the tree in that location a complete barrier to ever considering extending the property?
I would assume a wall this close would severely damage tree root system?
I have attempted a (bad) drawing to illustrate location of tree to existing building, red lines are where any future extension would likely go to.
In have gained permission to reduce the canopy in the past as the branches were touching the property. I believe the tree to be over 50 years old and circumference of trunk is approx 141 cm.
