What they don't tell you is that they have already killed one of the trees that was subject to a tree preservation order and that the Planning Inspector said must be retained. A large Norway Spruce on the western boundary of the site.

It appears that when the Developer's contractors excavated the site of the electricity sub-station they took away all the roots on one side of the tree and not surprisingly the tree fell over.

It probabably didn't help that the developer's plans were incorrect and so they ended up excavating closer to the tree than they had claimed would be necessary at the planning appeal.

The Council have told me "accidents do happen" and seem pretty relaxed about the whole business.

Expect more spin over the coming months.