Friends of Belair Park & New Leaf January 9, 2013

An environmental team for West Dulwich e.NEWSLETTER 59

PUBLIC MEETING Tree work in Belair Park

Francis Peak building (next to car park) Dulwich Park. Entrance through College Road Gate Road, London, SE21.

6.00 to 7.00 pm., January 17, 2013.All welcome. This meeting has been organised at very short notice and we thank Rachel Jackson and Paul Highman of the London Borough of Southwark for accommodating it at the nearest available venue to Belair Park.

Tree work can arouse strong feelings, because it is the trees that bestow the definitive character upon the Park. Coming work is considered necessary for reasons of public safety, but we felt that members of the local community should have the opportunity to meet with Southwark officers, and, should they wish, to put an alternative case for individual trees.

Outline of proposed work: The following is reproduced as received from the London Borough of Southwark.

Belair Park 2 Person Team (Hourly Rate) 1164310 4 SO CAR-PARK ENT Acer pseudoplatanus remove ivy

Belair Park 2 Person Team (Hourly Rate) 1165564 4 SO CAR-PARK ENT Acer pseudoplatanus remove ivy

Belair Park 2 Person Team (Hourly Rate) 1166239 661 EAST SIDE POND Crataegus monogyna severve ivy

Belair Park Basal & Epicormic Growth (All) 1166090 100316 Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Basal & Epicormic Growth (M) 1165400 492 SIDE POND Alnus incana

Belair Park Basal & Epicormic Growth (M) 1165401 491 SIDE POND Alnus incana

Above: Horse chestnut overhanging the lake is very attractive. However, Southwark intends to remove it before it falls in.

Belair Park Basal & Epicormic Growth (M) 1165402 488 SIDE POND Crataegus monogyna

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166088 100320 Salix caprea

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166209 100104 ADJ PATH TO HOTEL Ulmus procera

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166218 691 COMPOUND AREA -R Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166220 689 COMPOUND AREA -R Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166225 684 COMPOUND AREA -R Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166293 536 SIDE POND Salix Chrysocoma

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166295 393 ADJ PATH TO HOTEL Crataegus monogyna

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166296 392 ADJ PATH TO HOTEL Acer pseudoplatanus

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166297 391 ADJ PATH TO HOTEL Crataegus monogyna

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166298 389 ADJ PATH TO HOTEL Acer platanoides

This large old oak on the western (railway) side of the lake is another much-loved feature of the Park. Concerns about the danger of falling branches have raised the prospect of it being pollarded.

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(M) 1166299 388 ADJ PATH TO HOTEL Acer platanoides

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(XL) 1166292 543 SIDE POND Salix Chrysocoma

Belair Park Crown Lift (2.4 metres)(XL) 1166294 477 SIDE POND Salix Chrysocoma

Belair Park Crown Reduction, Thin and Lift (XL) 1165307 277 CENTRAL AREA Quercus robur

Belair Park Formative Prune (S) 1166091 100311 Taxus baccata lift 2m clear of light

Belair Park Formative Prune (S) 1166335 141 RAILWAY BOUN Acer campestre remove damahed leader

Belair Park Pollard Tree (XL) 1165305 172 SPORTS FIELD BOUN Fraxinus excelsior

Belair Park Pollard Tree (XL) 1165306 532 SIDE POND Salix Chrysocoma

Belair Park Pollard Tree (XL) 1165308 283 CENTRAL AREA Quercus robur

Belair Park Pollard Tree (XL) 1166090 100316 Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Pollard Tree (XL) 1166133 100258 Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Pollard Tree (XL) 1166272 614 EAST SIDE POND Aesculus hippocastanum before it fails in pond

Belair Park Prune Tree (S) 1164306 14 GALLERY RD BOUN Ulmus glabra cut clear of sign

Belair Park Prune Tree (S) 1164307 13 GALLERY RD BOUN Ulmus glabra cut back from path

Belair Park Prune Tree (S) 1165595 13 GALLERY RD BOUN Ulmus glabra cut back from path

Belair Park Prune Tree (S) 1165598 14 GALLERY RD BOUN Ulmus glabra cut clear of sign

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (L) 1164264 307 CENTRAL AREA Acer pseudoplatanus 'Leopoldii

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (L) 1165562 86 ADJ CAR PARK Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (L) 1165607 307 CENTRAL AREA Acer pseudoplatanus 'Leopoldii

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (L) 1165607 307 CENTRAL AREA Acer pseudoplatanus 'Leopoldii

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (M) 1166116 100276 Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (M) 1166196 100119 COMPOUND AREA -A Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (M) 1166220 689 COMPOUND AREA -R Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (M) 1166221 688 COMPOUND AREA -R Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (M) 1166226 682 COMPOUND AREA -R Carpinus betulus 'Fasticiata'

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (S) 1166058 100356 Cupressus unidentified species

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (XL) 1164268 87 ADJ CAR PARK Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (XL) 1164268 87 ADJ CAR PARK Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (XL) 1165590 87 ADJ CAR PARK Tilia Europaea

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (XL) 1166249 645 EAST SIDE POND Aesculus hippocastanum remove large dead limb and resistogrph base

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (XL) 1166294 477 SIDE POND Salix Chrysocoma

Belair Park Remove Deadwood (XL) 1166313 185 SPORTS FIELD BOUN Fraxinus excelsior

Belair Park Remove Tree (Clear Fell)(S) 1164298 23 THURLOW PK RD BO Chamaecyparis unidentified spe

Belair Park Remove Tree (Clear Fell)(S) 1165563 23 THURLOW PK RD BO Chamaecyparis unidentified spe

Belair Park Remove Tree (Clear Fell)(S) 1166062 100353 Cupressus unidentified species

Belair Park Remove Tree (Clear Fell)(S) 1166089 100318 Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'unid

Belair Park Remove Tree (Section Fell)(L) 1166136 100256 Betula pendula

Belair Park Remove Tree (Section Fell)(L) 1166259 631 EAST SIDE POND Alnus incana

Belair Park Remove Tree (Section Fell)(L) 1166290 555 SIDE POND Salix fragilis fell if acess possible

Belair Park Remove Tree Stake and Tie (All) 1166332 146 RAILWAY BOUN Carpinus betulus

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (L) 1166136 100256 Betula pendula

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (L) 1166259 631 EAST SIDE POND Alnus incana

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (L) 1166290 555 SIDE POND Salix fragilis fell if acess possible

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (S) 1164298 23 THURLOW PK RD BO Chamaecyparis unidentified spe

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (S) 1165563 23 THURLOW PK RD BO Chamaecyparis unidentified spe

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (S) 1166062 100353 Cupressus unidentified species

Belair Park Stump Treatment-Grind Stump (S) 1166089 100318 Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'unid

friendsofbelairpark@hotmail.co.uk Tel. 020 8670 8924

Tough choices are going to have to be made, but this public meeting will give you your opportunity to have your say.

Left: The old oak on the W side of the lake, last autumn (Nov. 9, 2012).