[Announce] Alexandra Gardens Meeting reminder and ANOTHER Felling Alert!

[John Lawton]

"Cambridge City Councillors, are keen to avoid extensive work on 
Plane trees in the city's Alexandra Gardens, and have called a public 
meeting to hear residents' views".

Just a reminder that the above meeting will take place this Friday, 
15 October at 7pm at St Luke's Church in Victoria Road. Please attend 
if you can.

Alarmingly there is another case that has come to light concerning 
trees that are recommended for felling because they are blamed for 
subsidence problems this time in Robert Jennings Close.  The trees in 
question are the subject of preservation orders!

<http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy/Published/C00000181/M00000361/$$ADocPackPublic.pdf>http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/democracy/Published/C00000181/M00000361/$$ADocPackPublic.pdf 
(big dowload, see page numbered 293 onwards).

This is set to be decided at a Council planning meeting on Wednesday 
October 20th.

Again, we are concerned that the council is accepting, too readily, 
the advice of structural engineering advisors working for the 
insurance companies, and is not mounting a strong enough defence of 
the trees, in this case protected ones.

We think that Cllr Cantrill should delay any decision on these trees 
until the issue in Alexandra Gardens has been decided as they could 
set an unhelpful precedent.

John Lawton
SOS Chair

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