Tree Identification

Yes, my silver birches are beautiful but they drop tiny twigs all year, masses more in a storm, then there's the little flowers that get everywhere. And everything under them is currently sticky. I wouldn't be without them though, they have done a wonderful job of shading the garden in this weather.

 

Been thinking.
Trunk looks so huge you are probably correct pete.
Cedrus...common name cedar.

 

We have lived here for 7 months now and the tree doesn't have any cones on even when we viewed it in November there were no cones. Not sure if that makes it a different type of tree?

 

@Han0110 Just a thought but check the diameter of the tree trunk. We are in a Conservation area too and even without a TPO, any tree with a single trunk diameter over 30 cm requires permission from the local authority before any pruning or removal.
Could be different in your area but better safe than sorry

 

We have started the planning permission to have work done on it, as soon as I read it I thought im not going to question it, its too big of a tree to hide.

 

Likely it's not a larch. Larch drops all its needles in winter, then in spring it has the most beautiful pale green foliage. It really is a stunning tree, but sadly too big for the average garden!

 

Cedrus deodara? Cedrus deodara - Wikipedia

@Han0110 , if the tree is not a risk, keep it. It'd take you 50 years to grow a replacement. It's a wonderful looking tree and a true asset

 

I know, im so sad its not smaller. The previous owner left us the original photos of the garden from the 80s and the tree was a perfect size for the garden then. I wish there was something as stunning but without the needle loss all year round. We have toddlers so have pulled alot of needles out of feet when they run outside.
Ive always dreamed of having a christmas tree in the garden

 

It will cost as small fortune to fell it, have the trunk cut up, the branches fed through a shredder, and have everything removed from your garden.
The stump can then be ground out.
But the roots will still be left, which will make it extremely hard to plant anything else in that area.
Soil will be really poor, as old tree will have taken all nutrients from the soil.

You have a giant problem.

 

Gosh I don't dare get a quote yet until I know we can have some work done to it. Im to guess at a few thousand

 

These are the sort of questions you need to ask an expert, who could potentially help with the wording of the planning permission.
Some years ago the local council here told me that my large spruces had to remain as they were part of "the amenity skyline".
In 2022 it cost me £2500 to have 8 Lawsons cypress removed and stumps ground out. They also trimmed and crown lifted a number of oaks and firs and removed all trunks and waste from the site.