Old Bill wrote:

If its not a safety issue and merely leaves, sap & wasps then you're
unlikely to get anywhere. Also a large fine, and replace the tree, if
you break a TPO.

I wouldn't argue at all if it was a safety issue, or a safety-related
issue of obstruction.
But it does annoy me when people want an existing mature tree removed
just because it's "inconvenient".

Though it may be possible to get the council to "trim" it a bit, they
have butchered quite a few mature trees round here

Lee
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