Great news! Historic 700 year old oak tree in Caversham, Reading saved after developers withdraw application to cut it down and replace with 3 bedroom home.
Congratulations to all who campaigned to save this national treasure.
Reforest Britain
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Reforest Britain promotes the protection and growth of Britain's native tree cover, to combat climate change and improve the natural environment. We need trees!
- This is all too common. Developers fell all trees on newly purchased private land prior to submitting planning permission to avoid any planning restrictions due to the trees. Something must change in the law.
- A project by Societree to plant 96 microforests at schools across Plymouth, Devon has begun Microforests are small, dense forests that are a mixture of trees and plants that produce remarkable biodiversity for their size. plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-…
- The National Trust is the largest owner of Britain's rainforests and has created a plant nursery in Eryri, Wales, where it will grow 30,000 trees/year to renew and future-proof existing woodlands as part of a project to expand the rainforest
- Great News! Guildford Golf Club's plan to fell three mature beech trees on Monday because of bird poo falling onto tables outside the golf clubhouse has been stopped by Guildford Council issuing a Tree Preservation Order .
- Residents of Corfe Mullen, Dorset 'heartbroken' after a small woodland in a private garden is destroyed by contractors including mature oak, hornbeam and ash trees Dorset Council confirmed that no planning application had been submitted for the site. dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23852588.…
- First Sycamore Gap, now an ancient yew tree, over 1000 years old, is felled near Battle, East Sussex. The 40ft tree was likely uprooted on Thursday morning “They are as important as any ancient monuments. Protection must be put in place" said a local
- Civil war breaks out in Caversham, Reading over developers' plan to chop down 700-year-old TPO oak tree used by Roundheads to spy on King Charles I's army in 1643 and replace with a 3 bed house. If you live in Reading, please object to the council
- Woodland Trust is planting hundreds of thousands of trees in Yorkshire Dales, to create one of England's largest native woodlands. It will also be part of a 20 year study to understand how new woodlands reduce flood risk, store carbon and provide habitat
- Shocking scene showing 270 protected trees illegally felled in Clay Hill, Enfield, North London in Jan 2019, is just being reported. Landowner, Ali Matur and contractors were fined £255,000 in Feb 2023 after a lengthy investigation by Enfield Council.
- Outrage and shock in the village of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, at the felling of 100 ancient beech trees without consulting the community or council An application was made by a local landowner to the Forestry Commission. theguardian.com/environment/20…
- Yet another mature street tree that an insurance company wants felled to stop moisture abstraction by the tree and avoid property subsidence. This time a 100 year beech tree in Cambridge. If soils are drying out, must we remove every street tree?
- 70,000 acorns were collected from heritage oaks across Yorkshire by volunteers with 50,000 now growing at Leeds City Council's Arium tree nursery The saplings will used by the @whiteroseforest project aiming to plant 7 million trees by 2025 across Yorks
- Lancashire council have secured £2.3m funding for a programme to plant 170 hectares of rural woodland with 30,000 new trees by 2025 in the Forest of Bowland and Bowland Fells lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/23855383.…
