Trees near Appleton Primary School

John Fareham and John Abbott have arranged for the cutting down of damaged and potentially dangerous multi-stemmed poplar trees alongside Appleton Primary School. We received a number of complaints from local residents to the effect that someone – the officers knew who, but they had insufficient evidence to take action – had been damaging the trees by removing some of the bark. In addition, it was felt by local residents and by the school that the state of health of these trees after they had been damaged was such that they ought to be chopped down in the interests of public safety. We discussed the matter with the officers who arranged for the trees to be cut down and who will be arranging for the planting of new trees at a safer distance from the school fence.