'I thank Keith and Andrew for their time today and putting forward their proposal on how we take this forward.'Ī council spokesperson said: 'The work is part of consented plans that we are required to carry out as part of the planning permission. 'I am absolutely delighted that we agreed a temporary pause on the current works to enable a wider engagement with our communities on the important Stanton Cross development. Leader of North Northamptonshire Council Jason Smithers said on March 3: 'We met with Keith Carnegie and Andrew Bloxham from Stanton Cross Developments LLP today and I am pleased that we had a really positive meeting. He then called for Cllr Lawman to stand down. 'At that meeting the pin was pulled, it went nuclear.'Ĭllr Ken Harrington, who is a member of the council's Wellingborough area planning committee but who was not invited to the site visit, said he has 'never been treated so arrogantly and this has upset me.' Cllr Ekins added that no council officers were present at the time and the only drawings of the planned felling were shown to them.Īnother councillor said: 'None of us knew that any of those trees were coming down, we were in the darkness. 'We were speechless', she told the meeting. No representatives for Vistry or council members attended the meeting, but councillors resolved to condemn the felling and take all steps to protect the trees still standing on the road.ĭeputy mayor and councillor Valerie Anslow said councillors were told at a visit to the site that 61 trees would be felled. Members of the public criticised North Northamptonshire Council for its 'lack of response' and called its actions 'disgraceful'. The scene of 'devastation' yesterday along Armada Way, Plymouth, after the council felled decades-old trees which lined the popular Devon shopping centre Vistry Group then agreed to pause the felling until after they have held a public consultation with residents expected to take place this month. However, 15 trees were cut down before work was paused last Thursday March 2. Several people staged a protest on the site of the tree felling, leading to four arrests. Now, Northamptonshire councillors have told members of the public at the meeting they did not know 60 trees would be axed until a site inspection in Wellingborough on February 9, just ten days before work was set to begin.Ī Save Our Trees campaign has been launched by local residents, who want a Tree Protection Order for the rest of the area. Protesters turned out in Plymouth city centre after contractors moved in to cut down the trees but were well outnumbered by police and security guards. Meanwhile, Conservative-run Plymouth City Council suddenly gave the green light on Tuesday evening to remove more than a hundred trees following months of delay - despite facing heavy criticism over the plans.Ĭampaigners collected more than 12,000 signatures as part of a petition against removing the trees but the council pressed ahead, citing the need to create a 'business friendly' centre as part of a £12.7m regeneration. The project was eventually abandoned and this month Sheffield Council issues several apologies to residents for the way residents were treated in the dispute over tree. Many Sheffield residents were arrested or questioned by the police as the council sought to cut down thousands of trees between 20. Meanwhile, a 200-page report was recently released detailing the battle between locals in a Sheffield area and the council which cut down 5,600 trees at a cost of tens of million of pounds. It comes after Plymouth Council sparked outrage by destroying more than 100 trees 'like monsters in the night' to make way for a £12.7 million project. The controversial felling is to allow access to the site of a new carriageway leading to the £1 billion Stanton Cross development. Members of North Northamptonshire Council said they were not told by developers Vistry of the true extent of the felling in Wellingborough until a site inspection on February 9 - just ten days before work was set to begin.ĭespite protests from residents who argued that an active Tree Protection Order was in place, 15 were cut down before work was paused last Thursday March 2. Another row over the chopping down of trees has been sparked amid controversial plans to fell 61 trees to build a new dual carriageway - by adding an additional lane at the roundabout on the A509.
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