Why Veteran Trees Deserve the Same Protection as Ancient Monuments
The owners of the eatery, Mitchells & Butlers, admitted to felling an ancient oak tree on the edge of Whitewebbs Park earlier this month. Enfield Council, which owns the land the tree stood on, referred the case to the Metropolitan Police, but the lack of a Tree Preservation Order on this ecological wonder makes it a civil, rather than criminal, matter. An order has now been placed on the remaining stump in the hope it will recover, and council leader Ergin Erbil says it will ' take appropriate legal action ' against the company for breaking the terms of the lease.
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