MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
QUESTION NO. 12
QUESTION: Councillor E. O'Brien
"To ask the Chief Executive if a schedule is available for tree cutting/pruning in the Lucan/Palmerstown LEA for the year 2016?"
REPLY:
The following report setting out the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme for the Lucan / Palmerstown LEA was presented at the meeting of Lucan Area Committee on March 30th last. The programme will shortly be posted on the Council's website www.sdcc.ie and regular updates will be made as works are scheduled and completed. Elected members and members of the public will be able to access progress of the programme via the Council's website.
Tree Maintenance Programme 2016
In line with the Council's Tree Management Policy 2015-2020 "Living With Trees", the focus of the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme will be on entire roads or whole estates. This represents a move away from reactive pruning of individual trees on a one off basis to a planned maintenance programme. The objective of this approach will increase the efficiency and productivity of the tree maintenance crews and advance a proactive programme of cyclical pruning targeting priority locations where intervention is most needed and where it will yield greatest community benefit.
In 2015, a tree management system was used to record over 6,000 tree inspections. Inspections involve an assessment of the tree’s health and condition, and identifies the maintenance required if any. This allows the Council to prioritise work in the most effective manner.
In addition to the planned whole estate and road programme, works considered necessary arising from inspections in response to tree maintenance requests will be noted and prioritised accordingly as part of this or a future Tree Maintenance Programme. For example, c.130 individually located trees were identified in inspections to date as requiring removal or critical pruning works – this work will be scheduled as necessary.
Whole Estates
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Estate/Road
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Works Required
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Arthur Griffith Park
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Pruning / removals
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Ardeevin Court
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Pruning / removals
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Abbeywood
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Pruning / removals
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Ballyowen Estate
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Pruning / removals
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Culmore Road
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Pruning / removals
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Cherbury Estate
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Pruning / removals
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Elmbrook Estate
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Pruning / removals
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Hermitage
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Pruning / removals
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Hermitage Park
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Pruning / removals
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Kew Park
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Pruning / removals
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Liffey Estate
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Pruning /removals
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Palmerstown Avenue
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Pruning / removals
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Woodfarm Acres - Elderwood Road
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Pruning / removals
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Woodfarm Acres - The Dingle
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Pruning / removals
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Woodfarm Acres - The Coppice
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Pruning / removals
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Woodville
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Pruning / removals
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Woodview
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Pruning / removals
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Woodview Heights
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Pruning / removals
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Tree Stump Removal
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Location
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Adj 6
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Abbeywood Crescent
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23
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Abbeywood Avenue
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70
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Airlie Heights
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274, 285, 298,299
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Beech Park
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77,78,80,85,98,99
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Beechgrove
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Opp. 27
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Culmore Road
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Open space
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Dodsboro
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84,156
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Esker Lawns
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51
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Glenaulin Green
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4
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Hermitage Place
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2, 47, 53
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Hermitage Road
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Entrance
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Hermitage Park
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28,31
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Kew Park
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7,33,34,35,104
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The Coppice
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10
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Whitethorn Way
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Opp. 73
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Woodview
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14
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Woodview
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All
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Weston Estate
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Individual Trees
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House No.
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Estate
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Works Required
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rear 3-17
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Abbeywood Close
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Pruning / removals
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16
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Abbeywood Close
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Pruning / removal
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1
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Abbeywood Way
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Prune
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16
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Airlie Heights
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Prune
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33
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Airlie Heights
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Hoist Prune
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82
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Airlie Heights
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Prune
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All
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Ardeevin Drive
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Prune /remove
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34
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Ardeevin Avenue
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Prune
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rear 20-21
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Arthur Griffith Park
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Remove / prune
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rear 235 and 345
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Arthur Griffith Park
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Prune / remove
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rear 209
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Arthur Griffith Park
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Prune / remove
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145--side left
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Arthur Griffith Park
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Prune
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183 -side of
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Arthur Griffith Park
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Prune / remove
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side of 23A
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Beech Grove
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Prune
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113
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Beech Park
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Prune
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134
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Beech Park
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Remove
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178
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Beech Park
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Remove
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200
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Beech Park
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Prune
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231
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Beech Park
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Prune
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239-240
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Beech Park
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Remove
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265
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Beech Park
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Prune
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267-287
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Beech Park
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Prune
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23
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Ballydowd Grove
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Dead tree removal
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Boundary
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Ballyowen Lane
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Dead tree removal
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Whole Road
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Bewley Lawn
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Prune
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9
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Buirg An Ri Glen
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Remove
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36
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Cannonbrook Court
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Remove
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27-28
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Cannonbrook Park
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Prune
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Entrance
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Chalet Gardens
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Hoist prune
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24
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Chalet Gardens
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Prune
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12
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Chalet Gardens
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Dead tree removal
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Whole Road
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Cherbury Park Road
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Hoist prune
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side of
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Culmore Road
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Dead tree removal
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10-12
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Culmore Road
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Prune
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36
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Culmore Road
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Prune
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21-22
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Dodsboro Road
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Hoist Prune
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11
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Earlsfort Court
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Prune
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2- side of
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Elderwood Road
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Remove
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13
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Elderwood Road
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Prune
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47/47A
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Esker Lawns
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Prune
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56
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Elmbrook Crescent
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Prune
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11
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Elmbrook Walk
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Prune
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Esker Meadows Lawn
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Dead tree removal
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8
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Esker Glebe
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Remove
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Glebe
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Esker Lane (school)
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Dead tree removal
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3-Behind
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Esker Park
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Removals
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12
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Esker Park
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Hoist Remove
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35
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Esker Park
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Remove and Prune
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104
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Esker Park
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Prune
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Entrance to Finnstown Abbey
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Esker Road
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Prune
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all of
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Foxborough Drive
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Prune
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O.S
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Glenvale
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Dead tree removal
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68
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Greenpark Road
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Remove
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Adj private hse
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Hazelhatch Road
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Prune
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23
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Hillcrest Close
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Remove
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47
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Hillcrest Park
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Remove
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78/80
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Hillcrest Park
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Remove
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Trees on boundary
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Lana Na Pairce Apartments
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Prune with hoist
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Mature trees in the Park
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Hermitage Park
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Pruning / removals
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11
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Hermitage Crescent
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Prune
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side of 2
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Hermitage Gardens
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Prune
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side of 1
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Hermitage Way
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Prune
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62
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Hermitage Road
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Prune
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Behind –on N4 boundary
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Hermitage Valley and Ballyowen Way
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Prune and remove
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opposite 42
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Kew Park Crescent
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Remove
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39
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Kew Park
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Remove
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2
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Kew Park
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Prune
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9
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Kew Park
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Remove
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Rear 28
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Kew Park
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Dead tree removal
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1
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Laburnum Walk
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Remove
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13
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Laburnum Walk
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Remove
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Verge at end
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Larkfield Avenue
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Prune / removal
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3-5, 9-11, 5-7, hse 11, 7-9.
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Larkfield Way
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Remove
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hse 1-3
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Larkfield Way
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Prune
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105
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Lucan Heights
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Dead tree removal
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o.s.
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Lucan Village
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Dead tree removal
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Main street
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Lucan Village
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Prune
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1
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Lucan Cloisters
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Remove
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18
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Lucan Heights
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Prune
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50
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Lucan Heights
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Prune
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51
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Lucan Heights
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Prune
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43
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Meadow Grove
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Remove
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all trees
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Mount Andrew Close
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Prune
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15
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Mount Andrew Court
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Dead tree removal
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All
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Mount Andrew Crescent
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Prune
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open.space
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Mount Andrew Place
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Prune
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Whole Road incl. 7
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Newcastle Road
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Prune
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3
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Palmerstown Close
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Prune
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2 and 12
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Palmerstown Court
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Prune
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26
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Palmerstown Park
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Remove
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|
256
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Palmerstown Woods
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Remove
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329
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Palmerstown Woods
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Prune
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270
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Palmerstown Woods
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Prune
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11-12
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Palmerstown Woods
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Prune
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154
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Palmerstown woods
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Prune
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31
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Riversdale Avenue
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Prune
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2-side of
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Rockwood, Finnstown
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Prune
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2-4
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Rochfort Way
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Remove
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44
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St Andrews Drive
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Prune
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Side of 2
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St Finnians Avenue
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Prune
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15
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St Finnians Crescent
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Prune and remove
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Behind 134,136, (on N4)
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The Coppice-Wood Farm Acres
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Prune / remove
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|
111
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Turret Road
|
Prune
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25
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The Old Rectory
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Prune
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23
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Rossberry Avenue
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Dead tree removal
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2
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The Copse, Weston Heights
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Dead tree removal
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O.S.
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Vesey Park Estate
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Prune
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53
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Westbrook Park
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Prune
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17
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Westbury Park
|
Prune
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6,15, 42
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Weston Crescent
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Prune
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28-30
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Weston Crescent
|
Remove
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all trees incl 25
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Weston Court
|
Prune
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6
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Weston Drive
|
Remove
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2
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Weston Lawn
|
Prune
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1, 26, 56, 61
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Weston Meadow
|
Prune
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All trees incl. 65 and 30.
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Weston Way
|
Prune
|
|
2
|
Wheatfield Close
|
Remove
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25 and 27
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Wheatfield Grove
|
Prune
|
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8A,9, 42,34
|
Wheatfield Grove
|
Remove
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147-side of
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Whitethorn Park
|
Prune
|
|
128, 154
|
Whitethorn Park
|
Prune
|
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7
|
Willsbrook Crescent
|
Remove
|
|
2
|
Woodfarm Avenue
|
Prune
|
|
3
|
Woodfarm Avenue
|
Remove
|
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12,37,52
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Woodview
|
Prune
|
|
15 and any diseased Sorbus trees
|
Woodview Estate
|
Remove
|
|
32
|
Woodview Heights
|
Remove
|
|
70,126,143
|
Woodview Heights
|
Prune
|
|
106
|
Woodview heights
|
Remove
|
|
1
|
Woodville
|
Remove
|
|
2
|
Woodville
|
Prune
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