Good evening everyone.
As we now enter the last few hours to have your say on the consultation affecting the 4 healthy mature trees on Harrowden Rd, hopefully you will be pleased to hear that we at WWAG has just submitted our contributions to this consultation.
The consultation closes tonight at 23:59, and emails can still be submitted to highwaysinsurance@northnorthants.gov.uk so you still have time to submit a few words.
Please see Wellingborough Walks Action Group’s (WWAGs) submission report here:
Please read the conclusions section in this document to see our main findings and our requests to NNC in this matter. Happy Reading :
Thanks to the support of many people across the community we were able to commission a Structural Engineer (Rob Adaway from RASS, IEng IMIStructE MICE), and an Arboriculturalist, (Professor Jeffery Duckett, B.A. PhD Cantab.FLS FZS) to assess the various pieces of documentation provided by NNC in this matter. Please see their respective reports attached.
Rob Adaway’s report is here:
Rob Adaway’s attachments:
Professor Duckett’s report is here:
Other Information
We also were able to find a few other interesting pieces, including pictures showing that the trees were on-site in 1964, and were mature by this point, before any homes were built and Roche Way even existed.
CAVAT Assessment – the 4 Trees Amenity Value
And, following up advice from our solicitors and from the Arboricultural expert, we conducted a CAVAT assessment and found that these 4 trees have a combined amenity value of just short of £320,000. More than enough to show that underpinning the property, as the Structural Engineer advises, would be much less of a cost (and a loss) than felling these beautiful trees.
And finally….
You still have time to have your say and submit your questions and concerns. Please email highwaysinsurance@northnorthants.gov.uk to submit a few words
Thank you to everyone that has given up their time to write in on the matter and for contributing towards the costs of the expert support from Rob, Jeff and Alice (our solicitor).
Hopefully NNC will listen to everyone’s contribution, that the threat on the 4 trees will be removed and the homeowner will receive support for the most appropriate solution to repair their home, (underpinning) as the Structural Engineer’s report recommends.
Best wishes
Wellingborough Walks Action Group Committee
