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Chop it down, cut it up, soak it in varnish, give it a lick of paint and then chuck it in your wood burner. Job done.
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Must be like 50+ years old? Would a trim not suffice?
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There's no TPO and it's not in a conservation area.
Other than the scorn of neighbours and online buddies you're free to do as you wish with that tree.
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Isn’t it just a fuck off big conifer? Cut it down and plant something nice like an acer/maple.doubt that tree is doing all that much good to anyone
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Conifers are horrible things that strip all nutrients from the soil and make it difficult to get anything else growing. That said, it's a pretty majestic specimen that probably has plenty of birds nests in it. Maybe put the shed against the left hand fence?
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Also idk how big of a shed you're building, but from the photo it looks like the garden is West facing. So if there is space keeping the shed on the north side will leave a better bed on the south side. Blueberries like acid soil so they might be able to grow where the conifer has been.
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I would un-pave the front garden
I desperately want to do this; previous owners block paved front and backyard, your garden looks decent, have you left East Ham?
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conifers and leylandi don’t like being cut back hard. So take it out.
Neighbours will be mostly happy, just don’t put something shitter there
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IME, most neighbours are happy to see the back of leylandii. Total light blocker all year round, can't be trimmed (easily or extensively), drop their needles leaving a brown matt of crap all year, nothing else can grow under them. Get rid. It's only going to get bigger and be even more of a problem in future.
You'd have about 30% more sky in that picture.
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I have 3 large trees and a massive conifer in my garden, which never would have been my choice of tree. There are a lot of nests/animals living in there and it creates some nice shade in summer so I can't bring myself to remove it.
But in the space you have, I'd say go for it but def speak to the neighbours.
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I like the tree. Put a shed on the patio by the fence on the left.
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I don't really like this tree, but I like the house whose garden it's at the bottom of.
Generally I love trees and I would un-pave the front garden and plant a hedge and some grass in it.
But would it make me a terrible person to get rid of this giant tree which blocks the sun and would stop me building a shed at the bottom of the garden?
And would I be allowed to chop it down if I bought the house? There's no TPO and it's not in a conservation area.