Robbie Williams allowed to cut down tree at London mansion despite neighbours' objections Robbie Williams has been allowed to chop down a diseased tree at his £17m west London mansion despite objections from neighbours.
The former Take That singer applied for permission from Kensington and Chelsea Council to chop down a Norway Maple at his Grade II listed home, which was suffering an infection from honey fungus, which attacks the tree’s roots.
But in a recently-published decision, council officials ruled that the tree was in “poor overall health” and that it had approached the end of its life - giving Williams permission to chop it down.
The application had faced objections, with one neighbour writing that the star had provided “wholly inadequate” grounds for wanting to fell the tree.
In a ruling, the council said: “The decline of this tree looks to have been caused by Honey Fungus and there is no chemical control for this disease.
