A housing developer currently finishing a 125-house estate in Kenilworth, has applied for permission to fell 17 trees in Bullimore Wood.

And a further 20 could be cut back, if the works are approved by Warwick District Council.

Bovis Homes - the firm behind the Pavilions estate on Warwick Road - has applied for the works to "reduce the risk of harm to people or property".

A survey, conducted by RPS Consulting Services, said: "As in previous surveys, the focus was on the trees to the edge of the woodland (bordering residential properties and railway) and adjacent to internal tracks where likelihood to cause damage, injury or obstruction is more acute. 

"This being said, the vast majority of the internal woodland was also checked."

The report said there were a number of "highly hazardous" trees which require "immediate mitigation" - despite the fact the report was completed in April 2022 and submitted to the council last month.

Bovis has recently withdrawn plans to build four extra houses at the Pavilions estate, after spending months trying to agree plans with district planners

Local councillors have also called on the developer to install the estate's play area as soon as possible.

See the tree application here.