Landowner who felled more than a hundred trees told to replant them

The London Borough of Bromley has said it is considering all legal measures after ordering a landowner to replace 131 trees that were felled without permission.

The London borough made the demand under Section 206 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which places a duty on the owner of the land to plant the same number of new trees in such places as may be designated by the council as the local planning authority.

The news follows the granting of an earlier injunction, which gives further legal protection for the privately owned land adjacent to Cator Park on Kings Hall Road, where the protected trees were growing before they were felled on a weekend in June.

Commenting on the order, Cllr Angela Page, Executive Councillor for Public Protection and Enforcement, said: "Local residents are still quite rightly shocked and saddened at what took place on that fateful weekend when the protected trees were felled.

"We are considering all the legal measures we have at our disposal and the requirement for the landowner to replant oak trees on this much loved and precious site is part of that. We previously successfully sought an injunction which gives additional protections and our investigation into the felling of the trees is very much continuing."

A full investigation into the tree felling is still underway.

Adam Carey