Sealed Judgement

6.3 H EALTH & S TRUCTURAL C HANGE
Following the reviews in 2024 and the more recent March 2025 review, a considerable number
of trees were determined to have experienced a negative health change since 2022. 181 trees
were reviewed in 2025 as being within the influence of the development. Of these, 85 trees
were noted to have experienced a negative health change, with 157 exhibiting no significant
difference in health, or were not specifically reassessed as part of the March 2025 review (61
trees), and so information from the 2022 review has been utilised instead.

65 trees have experienced a negative structural change, with 177 exhibiting no significant
difference in structural condition or were not specifically reassessed as part of the March 2025
review (61 trees), and so information from the 2022 review has been utilised instead.

These figures show a negative change in the health of 85, or 35% of the trees and a negative
structural change of 65, or 27% of the trees. When correcting for the change in total number
of trees reviewed, this shows that of the 181 trees that were reviewed, 47% displayed a
negative health change, and 36% displayed a negative structural change.

Table 1: Health and Structural Change from 2022 to 2025

               Health Change                                        Structural Change
  2022                   2025                             2022                 2025
  Good          to       Fair            18               Good      to         Fair             18
  Good          to       Poor             4               Good      to         Poor             3
  Good          to       Dead             3               Good      to      Hazardous           1
  Fair          to       Poor            26               Fair      to         Poor             30
  Fair          to     Very poor          9               Fair      to       Very Poor          1
  Fair          to       Dead            16               Fair      to      Hazardous           5
  Poor          to       Dead             9               Poor      to       Very Poor          1
                                                          Poor      to      Hazardous           6
     No significant change              157                  No significant change             177
             Total                      242                          Total                     242


A direct comparison with the recent assessment in March 2025 was not possible, as the total
number of trees that were assessed as being within the influence of the development is slightly
less, at 181. What can be noted is that in the space of 7 months from the 2024 review, the
forest experienced a further negative impact from the invasive vine.

These figures show an ongoing decline in the viable treescape at the site.




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