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James Bond star Daniel Craig in row with neighbours over 50ft tree
James Bond star Daniel Craig and his actress wife Rachel Weisz are at the centre of a row with their neighbours over a 50ft-tall tree.
The couple, who live in a multi-million pound home in north London, face chopping the large plane tree down after its roots were blamed for causing subsidence to a neighbouring property.
But despite them not challenging an application to fell it, other longstanding neighbours have described the move to destroy the tree as "unforgivable".
Margaret Crowther has lived opposite the property for more than five decades.
She has opposed the application to fell it.
"My kitchen window overlooks this back garden," she said.
"The magnificent plane tree has been a feature since I first lived in my flat in 1966. It would be unforgivable to fell this very fine tree."
A planning application has been submitted to the local council to remove the tree, which could grow to 150ft, at the rear of their property.
Another neighbour Colin Jacobson described the move as "worrying, upsetting and unnecessary".
"This tree has been part of my family's life since we moved here in 1966," he said.
"It has been a feature of our children's growing up, always there as a reminder of the beauty of nature in a dense central urban area.
"These trees are not just aesthetically beautiful, they have been part of this neighbourhood, its feel, for so long. To have it taken away like this - well, it will be like losing a limb.
"We have lost so many trees in this stretch over the years. It used to be so, so much greener, with wonderful, mature back gardens throughout the neighbourhood - trees have been continuously cut back over fears of subsidence."
But the next door neighbours of the Hollywood couple - who married in 2011 - say the roots of the trees are causing subsidence to their home, a Victorian house built in 1850.
They say the trees have caused cracks to appear in seven of their rooms in their home, which is estimated to be worth in the region of £5m.
Among the trees singled out for the chop include a 50ft-tall plane tree, another smaller plane tree, a group of Hornbeam trees as well as a pear trees and beech trees in the couple's garden.
Mr Craig has refused to comment on the proposals and the couple are not appealing the application.
An engineer's report into the trees stated that they have "caused subsidence" to a next-door neighbour's home - causing cracks in their bathroom, two bedrooms, a living room, a conservatory, a utility room and a hallway.
The report states that the cracks are of "varying sizes", but pinpoints the trees as the main cause.
Subsidence specialist Stuart Harris said in a report to the local council that the trees in Ms Weisz's - who won an Oscar for her role in 2005 movie The Constant Gardener - garden was "clearly the cause of the damage".
He states: "The cracks (are) indicative of subsidence as a result of shrinkage of the clay subsoil due to the moisture extracting influence of the left hand neighbour's (Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz) rear plane trees and pear tree, along with the same neighbour's front beech trees.
"In order to stabilise the property and prevent further damage occurring in the future, the cause of the movement needs to be addressed."
The local council said a consultation into the application ended on Wednesday and the council will now consider the complaints before making a decision on whether to allow the trees to be destroyed.
A second application has also been submitted by another close neighbour to fell an apple tree.