Try NHBC website - outlines trees with high, medium and low water demand. Anything high, such as a Holm Oak, is never suited to being in close proximity to houses. Even up to 10m away the root system is such that it can cause significant damage to properties - of you were looking to build a new house in such a situation you would be looking at foundations going around 1.5m deep, which is much much deeper than anything a victorian property would be founded on, hence the damage. As much as I like to see the trees serious consideration should be given to what is being planted by the council but from experience the department dealing with landscaping don't typically have much awareness of the damage they can do with an ill thought out specification