The council is now looking for legal actions against Toby Carvery after he cut the old oak in public lands in Whitewebs Park on April 3.
The Initiax company defended the move, saying that trees experts used by its owner of Mitchells & Butlers evaluated the oak as dying and a risk to the public.
Since then, Mitchells & Butlers CEO apologized to Enfield people in a letter.
The council leader, Cllr Ergin Erbil, said Toby Carverry had “broken the terms of the lease” by not looking for advice on the condition of the tree.
He said that the destroyed tree showed “clear signs of life” and that the counter would do “everything that could” help the tree grow again.
He added: “I am outraged that the lessee has dropped this beautiful oak sealing any permission or advice of the Enfield Council.
“We have evidence that this tree was alive and began to grow new spring leaves when this action was tasks.
“Our team of experts reviewed the tree in December 2024 and discovered that it was healthy and did not perch any risk for neighboring parking and its users.”
Cllr Erbil said the police are dealing with logging as a civil issue, but the Council would continue to take appropriate legal measures.
He added: “As owner of the Earth, we believe that this action has broken the terms of the lease, which requires Toby Carvery to maintain and protect the existing landscape.
“The tree was the oldest on the site and cutting it seems to be a clear rape of this condition.
“This tree would have bones in the home of innumerable wildlife, fungi and pollinators. This tree is part of our ecological and cultural heritage.”
He said that if any criminal activity is founding the investigation, the Council would not hesitate to inform the police again.
The CEO of Mitchells & Butlers, Phil Urban, did not comment on the violation when this document approached.
However, in a letter to the residents, he said that he was “very unfortunate” for all the anger and the discomfort that the incident had caused.
He added: “As a company and, more importantly, as human beings, we are obliged to act on all health and safety problems where expert advice warns us about a direct risk for life or serious injuries.
“The sanctions, legal, financial and, what is more important, emotionally, for not doing that, when something happens subsuously, they are too great to contemplate.”
He said that a worker had “acted in good faith” in response to an expert advice in the authorization of logging, but said that “it would totally accept” that this was an exceptional circumstance and that the company had decided that Alreamy decided to press its protocols.
He added: “We cannot undo what has been done, and none or we know if the felling of this beautiful old tree has prevented a future tragedy.”
