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Thank you for your responses. Boxtops query about light doesn't yet apply but as the tree gets taller sunlight to my garden will be impaired. I take your point Diddydo, I must admit that I'm not in the first flush of youth but I do hope to see the majority of the next thirty years so hence my concern. My major concern is the possibility of root damage to my foundations but I do not know the root system of the chestnut tree, are they deep or close to the surface?