General Discussion
Very convenient ! I remember when the trees at Sandy Lane were felled to make way for the Skate Park. At the time I remember speaking to one of the men involved in cutting them down and he told me they were all healthy except one.
That one was the one by the entrance and it's still there.
It is only about 15 months ago that they were deemed healthy.
Dawlish Gazette, 21st September 2011:
"The arboricultural survey of trees on The Lawn concluded most were in good health with a life expectancy of between 20 and 60 years.
But expert Robert Bendyshe advised that any underground work beneath the tree canopy would result in premature death of the trees.
Plans for The Strand included the possibility of introducing echelon parking and extending the road into The Lawn. This proposal led to the commissioning of an independent survey of the health of the trees which showed the nine trees on The Strand side of The Lawn are in good health.
In his report, Mr Bendyshe said: ‘I have given careful consideration to the drawings of proposed works adjacent to The Lawn. My conclusion is that any underground works undertaken beneath the tree canopy will result in the early demise of these trees.’
His recommendations include that roadway and parking structures do not intrude on The Lawn below the existing tree canopy and that the option for echelon parking is not pursued.
He has also advised treatment to protect the trees, including soil aeration under the canopy of each tree."
I for one will be glad to see them gone, in todays world they are too obtrusive. I think that reading the article they are going to be replaced with trees of a smaller nature.
I know many people will not agree with me but...........................
Like Don, I was under the impression that they'd been inspected & found to be healthy so what's changed in just over a year? Hope the council keep in mind that the trees soak up a lot of moisture & act as a wind break on the Lawn. Like everyone else, I find it a bit too convenient.
Completely agree, far too convenient. With all the tree health problems we are having in the country why fell healthy ones, its madness.
"The arboricultural survey of trees on The Lawn concluded most were in good health with a life expectancy of between 20 and 60 years.The report is full of contridictions. I'm no expert but the trees look in good health to me. It would be a sad loss to Dawlish and the lovely Lawn area if these trees are cut down. As reported in the Gazzette the trees were deemed to be in good health.
http://www.dawlishnewspapers.co.uk/news.cfm?id=535&headline=Dangerous trees facing axe because of decay
The horse chestnuts are not healthy i have had to fell all but one in my garden and the one remaining is showing syptoms of canker as are the ones on the lawn they need to come down ASAP. I believe it was convenient to say they where healthy to stop echelon parking but hey thats only my theory
Mine are ok . sounds like a con to me.
They just want to cut them down. any excuss..........................
Any living thing can be given a clean bill of health only to find not too far in the future they have developed a life threatening illness. Come on people its 2trees which are in a dangerous state and I looked at them everyday last year and they looked sad. I think leatash has the right idea, they all wanted pedestrianisation at any cost!!!!!
The reason i came to that conclusion was that the trees where the only reason we couldnt have echelon parking now all of a sudden they need to come down to facilitate the alterations to the Strand but they are in a poor state and have been for two or three years.
Today we were told ,they were only going to lop the top of the Horse chesnut, and when our backs were turned they cut it down!
Reading some of the comments about the trees, being diseased, or they are not a native species makes me angry. For me, the majesty of the Horse chestnuts on the lawn is the outstanding feature of Dawlish town centre.
A fully grown Horse chestnut, will be more than 35m tall and almost as broad,and unquestionably one of the finest flowring trees in the Northen hemisphere. It takes seven years before this tree is able to flower, and on a hot summers day no other tree cast such a congenial shade.
The oldest dated trees in this country are 400 years old. They have been a completley friendly tree since they were introduced since the 17th centuary .
For those people who think this tree has only a lifespan of a couple of hundred years...think again, as the the oldest surviving tree is reckoned to be between 3-4 thousand years.
The wood is fast-growing, hard and extremely long-lasting and good in the soil-ideal for fencing...hmmm...probably worth a quid or two.