Wildlife threat from Barrett Homes

[The Land Is Ours]

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>Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 11:10:34 +0100 (BST)
>From: everall at zoom.co.uk
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>  Tree in Oswestry under threat from Barrat Homes
>Hi I am an environmental Scientist working in the planning
>department of oswestry borough council in North Shropshire.
>Part of a site designated for development  to build
>executive housing contains an old oak tree which is
>home to colony of wild bees .Because this tree has a lot of
>dead wood Barrats want to destroy it because of health and
>safety wheras it is the most biodiverse organism on the
>whole site.Most other trees on this site have been
>protected by tree presevation orders .Wild bees have no
>legal protection under planning law or wildlife law
>.English Nature seem powerless
>to protect this tree .Shropshire County Council's tree
>Officer suggested in jest that the only way to protect this
>tree would be by direct action.If any body out there is
>interested contact me Clive Everall at 01691677276 or
>07866054495or email everall at zoom.co.uk and I can supply
>location maps of the site and photos of the tree in
>question
>cheers Clive a lover of trees
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