Do you want to help?
In response to the recent destruction of ancient woodland near Horton Heath, the following is a request for community action from Cllr Michelle Marsh.
Contact Natural England
ENC reference number is ENF/2021/191. Please help us by contacting Natural England to raise this issue (enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk) and any agencies that can help us to bring justice.
Contact Secretary of State for Environment
Please can anyone wanting to help email the Secretary of State for environment: secretary.state@defra.gov.uk
I emailed asking for laws to be put in place-
We need the following:
- Enforcement powers to immediately stop developers from destroying protected trees. They frequently chop down trees with TPOs on a Saturday, Sunday or Bank Holiday as legal departments are closed and it is not possible for enforcement teams to get stop orders.
- stricter penalties for these deliberate acts. We can currently issue a maximum fine of £20,000. We need significantly higher fines to ensure developments are not viable as a result if trees are unlawfully removed or make a prison sentence an option.
- significant building bans on land which has been illegally cleared.
Contact Our MP
This helps increase the weight of the case for action paul.holmes.mp@parliament.uk