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1. If this needs to be done then it needs to be done. Remember when you have an Australian native removed you are required to purchase and plant anther Australian native tree. Also providing council with proof this has been done. Brad

2. Well, there goes your shade on your western boundary in our long, hot summers. Can this tree be pruned instead of taken right out? What will you replace it with as Brad commented but looks to me the space will become another super-hot car park?!

3. Your tree is giving your car park much needed shade during the hot summer days. You’ll really notice having to crank up your air to cool down if they are able to handle our hotter days. More dollars.
   Please prune instead of removing.

4. Please prune only and allow nesting birds to keep their home. People forget that these trees are homes for our native birds. Brad says just plant another tree. I have honestly never seen this happen nor is it followed up by the council officer who approved its removal. I am happy to see evidence otherwise. A replacement tree will not have the nesting holes for many, many years.

5. Dear Central Coast Council,

   I object to the removal of this tree and suggest instead that it be strategically pruned.

   I object because too many mature native trees are being removed on the Penninsula. Once gone, valuable shade, habitat, and cooling effect are removed.
   
   Additionally all of these trees are being removed before the CC has adopted a tree strategy -which would help shape the standards around removing and replanting of trees.

   If the current requirement to replace a removed native tree with another is actually enforced there still are no size requirements for the replacement tree. The result is that the shade, habitat, cooling effect will not be realised until the new tree matures - which will not be for many many years -

   The Penninsula is already the hottest suburb on the CC because of the ratio of built surfaces to green areas. Please Craig Glynn and others can we have a plan to keep these trees, work around them, and make the Penninsula more liveable for humans and wildlife?

   To decrease the heat island effect many Sydney suburbs/Councils have recognised the need for trees and adopted tree strategies to ensure the suburbs remain liveable and residents are able to enjoy being outside in the heat of summer. These plans include replanting and limited removal of existing trees. In the absence of a “plan” on the CC why must we continue cutting down our very valuable community resources.

6. I object to the removal of this native tree. As a long term resident I've seen the suburbs denuded by developers. We need to retain a many mature trees as we can now.
   Please prune it rather than removing it.
   We need all the shade we can get with climate change.
   Thank you,
   Karen

7. I object to the removal of this native tree. The peninsula is being stripped of all its big trees which is a negative in so many ways. Nature, birds, wildlife, overheating, ambience. The council just keeps saying yes to tree removals and ruining our suburb, our home. We need to keep our shade trees.

8. It is all well and good that people object to the removal of native trees. There are good valid reasons why these trees are cut down and not trimmed. Council officers do not just come to the property after a home owner puts in the application for the tree to be removed and say yes it needs to be removed there has to be a good reason otherwise they do say it can be trimmed back. As I have said before the only money council make from this is from the application. Council do not want to just cut down every native because of an application there has to be a good reason. As for council coming back to the property or do a drive by to see if a new tree has been planted after a native tree has been cut down I can not answer that. What I do know is the home owner does have to prove they have by taking photos of the new purchased native tree in a certain size pot and the tree has to grow to a certain size also proof buy way of the receipt showing all of this for example the date the nursery it was purchased from type of tree size of pot. You either can email or post or take all of this information to council. Fill in and sign the appropriate paperwork from council as part of the application by a certain date. I am quite sure council would whether or not you have done the right as part of the approval application. I know all of this does happen as my mother has been through this recently. Sadly no one objects to non native large trees be cut down which you don’t need approval for nor do you have to replace it when you cut it down. These trees also provide shade etc. Brad

9. It is all well and good that people object to the removal of native trees. There are good valid reasons why these trees are cut down and not trimmed. Council officers do not just come to the property after a home owner puts in the application for the tree to be removed and say yes it needs to be removed there has to be a good reason otherwise they do say it can be trimmed back. As I have said before the only money council make from this is from the application. Council do not want to just cut down every native because of an application there has to be a good reason. As for council coming back to the property or do a drive by to see if a new tree has been planted after a native tree has been cut down I can not answer that. What I do know is the home owner does have to prove they have by taking photos of the new purchased native tree in a certain size pot and the tree has to grow to a certain size also proof buy way of the receipt showing all of this for example the date the nursery it was purchased from type of tree size of pot. You either can email or post or take all of this information to council. Fill in and sign the appropriate paperwork from council as part of the application by a certain date. I am quite sure council would whether or not you have done the right as part of the approval application. I know all of this does happen as my mother has been through this recently. Sadly no one objects to non native large trees be cut down which you don’t need approval for nor do you have to replace it when you cut it down. These trees also provide shade etc. Brad

10. Dear Central Coast Council,

    I object to the removal of this tree and suggest instead that it be strategically pruned.

    I object because too many mature native trees are being removed on the Penninsula. Once gone, valuable shade, habitat, and cooling effect are removed.
    
    Additionally all of these trees are being removed before the CC has adopted a tree strategy -which would help shape the standards around removing and replanting of trees.

    If the current requirement to replace a removed native tree with another is actually enforced there still are no size requirements for the replacement tree. The result is that the shade, habitat, cooling effect will not be realised until the new tree matures - which will not be for many many years -

    The Penninsula is already the hottest suburb on the CC because of the ratio of built surfaces to green areas. Please Craig Glynn and others can we have a plan to keep these trees, work around them, and make the Penninsula more liveable for humans and wildlife?

    To decrease the heat island effect many Sydney suburbs/Councils have recognised the need for trees and adopted tree strategies to ensure the suburbs remain liveable and residents are able to enjoy being outside in the heat of summer. These plans include replanting and limited removal of existing trees. In the absence of a “plan” on the CC why must we continue cutting down our very valuable community resources.

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