Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Huge, old tree felled at TCCA on Green Lanes so that "the drive will be less bumpy"
Yesterday, the biggest tree on Green Lanes for blocks was felled. As you can see from the photo, it is just within the property of the Turkish Cypriot Community Association. When I asked the tree surgeons why they were doing it, they said the TCCA ordered it "so the drive will be less bumpy".
I tried to contact the TCCA but nobody answered the phones. I tried various other organisations but the felling conveniently happened on Easter Monday when nobody was around.
This tree had been here for decades. For decades, birds had nested in it. For decades, people had parked on this "bumpy" drive without any trouble. Green Lanes is horrendously polluted. We - humans, birds and other wildlife - desperately need our trees. Trees give a sense of perspective, a sense of longevity, a sense that life is bigger than us. How, at this pandemic time, when half the world is realising the value of nature again, could the TCCA do this?
NOTE: too late, I realised one can get a tree preservation order. This tree, with its size, and its visibility from a public place, would have qualified for one. I never imagined anyone would simply chop it down. If you have big old trees near you, I suggest following this link to preserve them: https://www.haringey.gov.uk/environment-and-waste/nature-and-conser...
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Permalink Reply by Kiare Ladner on
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The link to Tree Preservation Orders, which includes the map, is at the bottom of the article. This is the link specifically to the map: https://www.haringey.gov.uk/map-tree-preservation-orders-tpos-haringey
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Permalink Reply by Greg Keen on
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Heartbreaking to see this lovely old tree destroyed. I've lived three doors from the TCCA for over thirty years and each Spring enjoyed seeing the branches coming into leaf. I also asked the rather shamefaced contractors why they were doing it and got the same 'bumpy drive' line. At least they agreed it was a real shame. Horrible watching a tree that has probably been on Green Lanes for the best part of a century destroyed in eight hours in order that The Turkish Cypriot Association can cram yet another car onto their drive.
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Absolutely!
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Permalink Reply by Vorotyntsev on
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Such a shame. How could they value a car park over such a magnificent old tree?
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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on
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Over the years I have seen many old large trees being removed
Often due to busting Road and pavement Surfaces
Mostly having other young trees replacing them
But if on private property, and issue root damage they can get them removed
How about getting replacement in the Park / green. Where under control of Parks / Local Authority
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Permalink Reply by Giovanna iozzi on
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hi kiare,
this is horrible, we have to fight for every tree clearly. I'm surprised residents weren't notified. Sometimes residents aren't notified and the tree is gone....since 2012 London trees and others in rest of England have been under assault as rules were loosened
From Ros Coward: Since the coalition government introduced the national planning policy framework in 2012 the planning system has increasingly favoured developers. That legislation insisted councils set housing targets but they lacked land to meet those numbers. Local authorities were forced to redefine green-belt areas as “available for development”. It was the beginning of a land grab. The Campaign to Protect Rural England states (in 2018’s The State of the Green Belt report) that since 2013 “huge amounts of greenfield land designated as green belt has been released or included in councils’ local plans”.
Giovanna x
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Ah, thanks Gio. It's great to see the solidarity here. Increasingly favouring developers over the green belt seems entirely counterintuitive when we know what a mess things are ecologically. x
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