Message from Sven Hanson

Hi everyone,

 

The council have been contacted to ask why emails being sent to the Trees & Hedges Appeal department at the Secretary of State’s office are being rejected.

 

In essence the council made a mistake and shouldn’t have directed the local community to contact the government department.

 

The reason is that the landowner has requested a fast track appeal which means no new objections or representations can be considered during the appeal process.

 

In essence we just have to put our faith in the original objections that were originally submitted and hope that the government see through Pratt’s false assertions regarding the health of the tree.

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Also, make sure you point out that his ‘olive branch’ of planting another tree on the other side of the cutting is a total nonsense: the replacement tree position would not provide comparable impact on the character of the conservation area as it would be planted 15-19 metres lower than the existing tree, in the railway cutting, and would not be visible to most neighbouring properties or visitors to the area.​