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I think the questionnaire is marginally mad. It says the ‘planting’ scheme ( which is actually a lot of felling) main aim is to ‘restore historic boundaries.’<BR>
Er, what are the historic boundaries for a start, and why frankly do they need ‘restoring’. I don’t get it.<BR>
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Note that there are alarming options to axe entire avenues of trees. I discussed this with the Council in their Consultation Tent. They said it was , and this is absolutely accurate ‘ like Capability Brown – or those Victorians who cut down a lot of trees for their scheme”<BR>
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Personally I would like them to forget about historic boundaries, stop these proposals to chop down healthy trees – axeing the copper beeches would this woman on JG Council tent told me ‘ create a uniform green coherent line”. It is such rubbish. They’re very keen on uniformity, smaller and different trees have to do and as for Leylandi, even the ones that afford real protection for the Pool are to be axed altogether.<BR>
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I dislike their use of language. I have never heard trees described as ‘coherent’ before and the word ‘rationalise’ spelled in that American way, has me baffled. <BR>
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Can they not return to their role as park keepers forget all about Capability Brown and just plant new trees when the old ones die.<BR>
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They’ve had £500 for three years from the Electricity Board to replace a Plane Tree but strangely haven’t got around to doing that. <BR>
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On 9/9/10 07:33, "John Lawton" <chair@soscambridge.org.uk> wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> Hi,<BR>
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> You may have already heard about the consultation on plans for new <BR>
> planting, and some felling of trees on Midsummer Common and Jesus Green.<BR>
> There is an online questionnaire or a document can be downloaded and <BR>
> completed.<BR>
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> See the council webpage:<BR>
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> <a href="http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/planning-and-building-control/historic">http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/planning-and-building-control/historic</a><BR>
> -environment-and-trees/trees-and-tree-works/tree-planting-proposals-consultati<BR>
> on.en<BR>
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> Just to remind you that the deadline to respond is noon this Friday!<BR>
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> The analysis and planting scheme will be presented to West/Central <BR>
> Area Committee at a special Environmental Improvement Programme <BR>
> meeting held on 23 September 2010 in the committee rooms at the <BR>
> Guildhall at 7.30pm.<BR>
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> John Lawton<BR>
> SOS Chair<BR>
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