The Carshalton Central neighbourhood has lots of mature street trees and every year we councillors ask the council officers to ensure that they are kept in good shape.

Every fourth year or so a detailed tree inspection and tree pruning takes place over our street trees and the trees in many roads in our area have been pruned in recent weeks. Each year the Council’s staff issue our street tree pruning contractors with the list of lime trees with basal growth issues.

The basal growth is the shoots and stuff that grows out at the base of the tree trunk every spring/early summer and can cause a real nuisance to pedestrians.

As usual, the street tree pruning contractors will be dealing with the basal growth on our street trees in our area over coming weeks.

Please let us know if you have any urgent or not-so-urgent street tree concerns, meanwhile….