Save Veteran Oak Trees on Melton Fields from being chopped down by developers!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop developers from felling two veteran oak trees on Melton Fields in a Climate Emergency. They are at least 200 years old and registered with the Woodland Trust as veteran oaks. These trees cannot just be replaced, they provide oxygen and are full of biodiversity providing homes to bats, birds etc

The NFPP states that veteran trees shouldn’t be felled except for exceptional circumstances, this development doesn’t meet those circumstances. The recent State of Nature report provides further support for the need to protect these veteran oak trees that sit on Functionally Linked Land to the Humber SSSI RAMSAR which is part of the East Atlantic Flyway. More information can be found here: newplanningaccess.eastriding.gov.uk
Ref 20/03555/STPLF

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about local planning decisions are a matter for the relevant local authority, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise your issue with a local councillor who represents you. You can find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them, by entering your post code here: https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Automatically give all trees protection with tree preservation orders: Automatically give all trees protection with tree preservation orders

Timeline

6 Oct 2023	Petition opened for signatures
11 Oct 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Oct 2023

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