From the photos it looks like a fairly massive tree getting quite close to the flats. It's hard to tell from the photos. I might suggest that it was a poor choice of tree to put so close to flats, or they chose to build flats near a big tree. I imagine it was about to be causing them no end of hassle as the tree gets closer and closer. I'm not saying that's why they cut it down, but it does all look pretty cosy.
It is pretty big actually. Maybe that''s why they cut the low branches off it before.
Trees next to houses wouldn't be so much of a problem if the Councils/developers had a bit of commonsense and perhaps chopped them down when they reached a certain size.
We have two 30-40ft birch trees within 2-3 metres of our house, just the other side of the boundary fence. They would have looked lovely when younger and I have no objection to them being planted, but once they get as tall as the ones near us, that is a different ball game. They make such a mess all year round, the old twigs continually fall into our garden, then the catkins, the leaves etc. It is a good job that the prevailing wind comes from the west (and we have some really high gusty winds here straight off the Bristol Channel) so hopefully they won't fall on the house! There is also 2 massive Norwegian Maples on the same verge, beautiful to look at just now and in the autumn, but again they've been allowed to get too big for the location and overhang our garden with the roots going right to the other side.
Our Council won't do anything to them. Oh well, rant over!
Trees next to houses wouldn't be so much of a problem if the Councils/developers had a bit of commonsense and perhaps chopped them down when they reached a certain size.
We have two 30-40ft birch trees within 2-3 metres of our house, just the other side of the boundary fence. They would have looked lovely when younger and I have no objection to them being planted, but once they get as tall as the ones near us, that is a different ball game. They make such a mess all year round, the old twigs continually fall into our garden, then the catkins, the leaves etc. It is a good job that the prevailing wind comes from the west (and we have some really high gusty winds here straight off the Bristol Channel) so hopefully they won't fall on the house! There is also 2 massive Norwegian Maples on the same verge, beautiful to look at just now and in the autumn, but again they've been allowed to get too big for the location and overhang our garden with the roots going right to the other side.
Our Council won't do anything to them. Oh well, rant over!
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Trees next to houses wouldn't be so much of a problem if the Councils/developers had a bit of commonsense and perhaps chopped them down when they reached a certain size.
We have two 30-40ft birch trees within 2-3 metres of our house, just the other side of the boundary fence. They would have looked lovely when younger and I have no objection to them being planted, but once they get as tall as the ones near us, that is a different ball game. They make such a mess all year round, the old twigs continually fall into our garden, then the catkins, the leaves etc. It is a good job that the prevailing wind comes from the west (and we have some really high gusty winds here straight off the Bristol Channel) so hopefully they won't fall on the house! There is also 2 massive Norwegian Maples on the same verge, beautiful to look at just now and in the autumn, but again they've been allowed to get too big for the location and overhang our garden with the roots going right to the other side.
Our Council won't do anything to them. Oh well, rant over!