Council felling healthy trees - any local press?

[kitwhitfield]

This week the council felled a healthy, beautiful tree in Cornflower Terrace with no notice o the community at all - which is a violation of the 2021 Environmental Act, which requires them to notify and consult for 28 days. Now they just put up a notice saying they’ll immediately fell another in Dunstans Road because of what looks like the words ‘Weak pork.’

They’re mutilating the neighbourhood with reckless unconcern for the law. Is there a local paper we can talk to?

[CPR Dave]

Maybe start with the council before the papers. 

They often remove dead / damaged trees that are dangerous and replace them with spritely new young tress that are healthy.

[Sue]

7 hours ago, kitwhitfield said:

This week the council felled a healthy, beautiful tree in Cornflower Terrace with no notice o the community at all - which is a violation of the 2021 Environmental Act, which requires them to notify and consult for 28 days. Now they just put up a notice saying they’ll immediately fell another in Dunstans Road because of what looks like the words ‘Weak pork.’

They’re mutilating the neighbourhood with reckless unconcern for the law. Is there a local paper we can talk to?

There have been people fairly recently killed by having apparently healthy trees  in parks fall on them.

The council tree people like trees. They don't remove trees without a very good reason.

To talk about "mutilating the neighbourhood" and "reckless unconcern for the law" seems a bit harsh when you don't know the background.

Why don't you find out why these trees have been/will be removed ? It's quite easy. A phone call will probably tell you:

Edited November 27, 2025 by Sue
Moderating my language!