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Thank you for your reply. Well i went to LABC and did the calculations and it gave me 1m depth requirement. It’s a clay and both trees are going down today,which the officer was informed about. When I did the calculations for trees staying in place it gave me 2.5 metres. So I guess he didn’t...

Hi, we are building single storey extension of approx. 40m2. The soil is clay and there are two thuja trees (10m high) 6m from proposed foundations. We had a building officer visiting today and I missed him unfortunately, so he just spoke to our builder. He requires us to dig 2.5m deep...