15 Holly Meadows Winchester HampshireSO22 5FQ

sits incidentally within a historic avenue of veteran lime trees. It is not in keeping with the avenue and detracts from its visual amenity and the historic character of the designed landscape. It also casts shade and competes for light, moisture and nutrients with the veteran lime trees, and its continued growth will progressively suppress their crowns. Removal is recommended to release the veteran limes from competition, in line with recognised veteran tree management practice. Removing it at this stage, before it reaches full maturity, minimises loss of amenity and limits disturbance to the limes? roots compared with felling a larger tree in future. The canopy gap will be left to natural regeneration from the suppressed trees nearby.