Anger at plans to chop down Havant trees campaigners thought they had saved

UNDER THREAT The trees in East Street, Havant

Published in the Portsmouth News on Wednesday 14th December 2011

Story by Elise Brewerton

 

THE FIGHT is on again to stop a council chopping down two protected mature Irish yew trees.

Hampshire County Council, acting on behalf of the Highways Agency, wants to fell the trees outside the Post Office sorting office in East Street, Havant, because they make it difficult for buses to see passengers at the bus stop.

They say in an application to Havant Borough Council, the planing authority, that the roots are now lifting the paving slabs and there is some obstruction of sight line when exiting Beechworth Road.

But campaigners say that if the trees had been properly maintained over the years they would not be in the shape they are now.

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