[Discuss] trees

[Anne Marie Garvey]

The 'bloke from Bristol' was one of Her Majesty's Planning Inspectors from PINS Planning Inspectorate National Service. I understand that if the Council stands firm on this they can appeal this decision.

Get Climbing, this does merit a real protest of course! 


AG


On 17 Oct 2011, at 11:44, Ellie Stoneley wrote:

> Very sadly we have the same issue in Red Cross Lane ... a 100 year old Thuja tree is now scheduled for felling on 14th November after a long long battle, it has grown into a shed / garage that was built with no planning permission about 30 years ago right next to it. The TPO was granted around that time as well .. the council recommended it for felling (due to costs, risk of exposure to insurance claim and so on) but the planning committee voted unanimously to uphold the TPO as there wasn't enough evidence that other options had been explored.
> 
> Sadly the neighbours then 'fast track' appealed to the Bristol Planning Inspectorate and 6 months later a bloke with a clip board came and peered at the tree .. sent a report emphasising its importance to the built environment, its importance to the area, the skyline, how healthy it was, what a beautiful specimin (one of only 2 in Cambridge) and so on ... but ending up saying that due to the fact that it is damaging the garage he had no choice but to authorise its felling. A grim example of 'Bricks trump trees' and also a sad example of how the whole combined wishes of the CCC Planning Committee and us as the tree owner could be so easily overturned in favour of a flat roofed, flimsy garage built as an afterthought in a foolish way far too close to a TPO tree. Once it is down there may be risk of heave / subsidence which might have far wider impact on the local built area but this seems to have been ignored sadly. It has never been noted that it is a threat to the house at all just the garage and the poor thirsty tree has pushed up some paving slabs as it can't drink deep due to the soil here.
> 
> Tempted to climb up and squat in it myself but being pregnant makes it a bit hard ... so a sad sad example of another bit of Cambridge's heritage vanishing. The tree can be seen from the Addenbrookes site, from the Gogs, from Hills Road and Long Road ...
> 
> sigh
> 
> see attached and if you get the chance do drive up Red Cross Lane before Nov 14th and say good bye to the tree it is going to be a sad sad day
> all the best
> 
> Ellie
> 
> On 17 October 2011 01:28, Simon Norton <S.Norton at dpmms.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Someone sent me a cutting from The Times of 24 Sept about someone who was
> squatting in a (beech) tree in Irton, near Scarborough, in an effort to save it.
> The tree had had a preservation order but this was lifted because a house owner
> claimed it was undermining his drains.
> 
> Alas, research on the Internet (google "irton beech") reveals that the tree was
> cut down a fortnight ago.
> 
>  Simon Norton
> 
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