A rotting beech tree at a church near Ipswich has been approved to be cut down after a falling branch narrowly missed a person.
St Andrew's Church in Rushmere St Andrew received approval from East Suffolk Council to have the tree felled following the incident.
Due to a tree preservation order having already been placed on it, the church had to apply for works to be carried out on it.
St Andrew's Church's application letter stated: "This beech tree recently had two separate branch failures within a two week period.
"The first allegedly narrowly missing a person walking along the new cemetery path.
"This tree has early signs of phytophthora on the upper side of branches (bark cracks and staining).
"In addition there is a small stain on the trunk of the tree and there is a loss of vigour at the top of the trees crown."
The mature tree will be cut down to a two metre high stump with a light standard fagus sylvatica to be planted this winter.
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