Trust WoodlandToby Carverry executive director apologized after the company knocked down an old oak and admitted “we need to hit our protocols” in a letter seen by the BBC.
The owners of the Toby Carvery pub chain reduced the 500 -year -old oak despite a planning document of March 2024 that called him a “good specimen”, and the council affirmed that he had centuries to live.
Phil Urban, from Mitchells & Butlers, wrote: “Clearly, the felling of an old old tree is a very emensive theme and it is not something that none of us would undertake lightly. I can only apologize for all the discomfort that has fallen.”
On Wednesday, the leader of the Enfield Council described him as “an indignation” and said that all legal options were being considered.
‘Good faith’
The pedunulate oak, which was reduced on April 3, was located on the edge of the Whitewebbs Park, owned by the Enfield Council, in northern London and overlooked a Toby Tobado.
Urban wrote to residents explaining that the work had been accelerated due to expert advice “warns[ing] Us or a direct risk for life or serious injuries. “
He said: “In this case, one of our team acted in good faith in response to expert advice and authorized the work to be done.
“However, I would totally accept that this was an exceptional circumstance, and as part of our review, we have already concluded that we need protocols to ensure that if something like this was protected to our team and power of Isbest and can be able to and power again.
Enfield’s Council said Tuesday that he had informed logging as a case of criminal damage to the police, which is understood that he closed his investigation, considering a civil matter.
The executive director added that he wanted to “ensure that he tries to be good neighbors.”
He said: “On a personal level, all the anger and discomfort that this incident has caused.
“I do not hope that my words solve the depth of feelings, but I hope you accept that trying to always be responsible operators, and that people remain in good faith and with good intentions.
“We will complete an exhaustive review and make sure that in the future, exceptional situations are treated differently to the most regular health and safety problems that arise on a day -to -day basis.”
On Tuesday, an initiate of the M&B source said the company had approved the robe cut after they told him that the tree was dead.
In an official statement hours later, M&B declared it, received councils from the contractors, who said: “Divided and dead wood raised a serious risk of health and safety.”
Subsequently, M&B eliminated this statement in an additional update, but maintained that it had “necessary measures to ensure that any legal requirement was”.
Paul WhiteingThe tree, with a 6m (20 feet) circumference, was a significant pedunulate oak at the old Woodland Trust trees inventory.
The news of the destruction of the oak occurred only two days after a report from the Tree Council of Charity and the Forest Research Organization warned that the trees were only indirectly protected, with some “significant legal gaps.”
He recommended the development of a “robust and effective system” to ensure that they were safeguarding.
