The Court refused a Part 2A application concerning 19 trees, holding that res judicata barred reconsideration of four trees already the subject of pruning orders in 2021 proceedings where no material change of circumstances had occurred, and Anshun estoppel prevented inclusion of a tree that could have been raised in the earlier proceedings. For the remaining trees, the Court found that scattered trees of varying species, form and function across a garden did not satisfy the s 14A(1)(a) requirement of being planted so as to form a hedge, and that trees which did form a hedge near the southern boundary did not severely obstruct a view as required by s 14E(2)(a)(ii).
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