Stilly, that tree has been trimmed by our handy neighbour quite a few times, but it zooms up again in no time. Also, in autumn the lawn is covered in dead leaves. I emailed my husband in Africa yesterday, and he agrees to its being entirely removed.
We have a beautiful birdbath which could be placed where the tree used to be, in the middle of the garden.
A neighbour across the road always has the Bramley apples off that tree, plus the rhubarb from our vegetable plot and the pears (I planted a pear tree on the little cemetery where three of our cats are buried).
She'll be miffed, but it is our garden after all!