The clean-up from Storm Eunice in Maldon continues as officers have been asked to allow trees left hanging over or swaying close to neighbouring properties to be removed.

Maldon was placed under a rare "danger to life" red warning by the Met Office for much of Friday (18 February), as winds of up to 90mph battered the Essex coastline.

Trees, roads, homes and businesses were damaged by the storm, described by the Met Office as the worst since the Burns' Day storm 32 years ago - including a partial roof collapse at the Blue Boar Hotel and sections of the popular pontoon in Burnham breaking away.

Among the damage is a large sycamore tree posing danger to the Grade II listed building at Hall Cottage, on Hall Road in Heybridge, and a large uprooted walnut tree at 16 Market Hill in Maldon, which is overhanging a neighbouring home.

A statement with the five-day notice to remove the sycamore says it is "rotten" and "swaying and [in] danger of falling" onto the listed building.

The tree officer at Maldon District Council said he has "no objection" to the removal of the walnut tree as it has "unfortunately suffered from the storm".

The officer said: "We can ask for a replacement tree. I would suggest a silver birch or hornbeam planted with a stem girth of 10cm to 12cm to replace the tree in a similar location."

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