James Bond star Daniel Craig faces fresh row with neighbours over plans to cut trees at London home
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James Bond star Daniel Craig faces fresh spat with neighbors over plans to cut down trees at his £6million north London mansion – five years after winning the battle to keep London’s 20m plane in his garden
Daniel Craig may have a new dispute with his neighbors over his hands on gardening.
The James Bond star and his Oscar-winning wife, Rachel Weisz, could face another battle with local residents amid plans to cut down troublesome trees at their £6million mansion in north London.
Five years ago, the couple won a battle to keep a 20-metre long London plane in their garden after local residents complained that the roots were damaging their home.
Neighbors applied to cut down the tree, believing it was causing severe subsidence.
But it was saved from the ax after Craig, 54, and Weisz, 52, star of The Constant Gardener, offered to cut it down instead, and planners at Camden Council blamed a sewer pipe for cracks next door.
The James Bond star and his Oscar-winning wife, Rachel Weisz, may face another battle with local residents amid plans to cut down troublesome trees at their £6million north London mansion
Five years ago, the couple won a battle to keep a 20-metre long London plane in their garden after local residents complained that the roots were damaging their home.
Now the actors, who married in 2011, have applied to the council to carry out further tree works, cutting them back 4 meters.
They also want to prune a London plane tree and an ivy-covered pear tree.
They need permission because the trees are protected by a Tree Protection Decree in a designated conservation area.
Planning agent Stephanie Radziwillowicz said, “This formerly dwarfed tree, which overhangs several yards, needs maintenance to slow root spread and improve light.”
Camden Council officials are expected to make a decision later this month.
Now the actors have applied to the council to carry out further tree works, cutting them back 4 feet. They need permission because the trees are protected by a Tree Protection Decree in a designated conservation area
In 2017, bankers Alasdair Nisbet and his wife, Elizabeth, said their Victorian row house was full of cracks due to the roots of the thespian couple’s trees.
The Nisbets provided expert reports placing the blame for their subsidence problems firmly at the roots.
However, other neighbors at the time said the trees were “aesthetically beautiful” and removing them would be “like losing a limb.”
A spokesperson for Craig declined to comment.