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A developer in West Hill has killed off two ancient oaks in West Hill, prior to submitting a planning application.
Hugo Headon of H & H Prestige Homes recently bought Crantock on West Hill Road, near the war memorial.
But there are two ancient oaks inconveniently growing on either side of the access, which may have to be widened if another house/houses were built in the back garden.
Unfortunately, the trees were not subject to a preservation order.
I received a phone call from a resident at around 7.30am on Thursday (4 Oct) morning, worried about chainsaw noises coming from Crantock.
I rang one of EDDC’s tree officers and following a visit that morning, where he met and spoke with Mr Headon on site, it became apparent that the two very old oak trees had been fatally and deliberately damaged.
A large number of trees in the back garden have also been fatally damaged or felled, including several mature native species.
It is really incomprehensible how someone can do this.
Only six months ago, four mature oaks were felled at Cornercroft in Elsdon Lane - see http://www.claire-wright.org/index.php/post/two_mature_oaks_felled_and_two_more_at_risk_in_west_hill/
Claire Wright - Your Independent East Devon District Councillor for Ottery Rural
And here’s the view of West Hill Road without those lovely old oaks at Crantock.
The developer, Hugo Headon from H & H Prestige Homes, told the Ottery Herald that a tree surgeon’s report stated that one oak was “a serious danger” and the other needed “expensive tests.” He said the tree was not worth the cost.
This was news to EDDC’s tree officer who said that although there was some dead wood the trees would have lived for at least another 100 years.
Here’s the same view with the oaks still in place last month -http://www.claire-wright.org/index.php/post/developer_kills_ancient_oaks_in_west_hill/
Photograph: Ripped out of the fabric of West Hill - two oaks that were at least 150 years old - and would have lived for another 100 years, at least.
Claire Wright - Your Independent East Devon District Councillor for Ottery Rural
Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and political activist. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental NGO focused on environmental conservation and women's rights. In 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to sustainable development, democracy, and peace.
The Green Belt Movement (http://greenbeltmovement.org) organizes rural women in Kenya to plant trees, an effort that combats deforestation while generating income for the community and promoting empowerment for women. Since Maathai founded the Movement, over 40 million trees have been planted and over 30,000 women have been trained in forestry, food processing, beekeeping, and other sustainable, income-generating activities.
Wangari Maathai also recommends:
• Nature Conservancy (http://www.nature.org)
• United Nations Environmental Programme (http://www.unep.org)
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