Lindfield fights to save lime trees
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Published Date:
05 March 2008
By Carolyn Robertson
Opposition is growing to the axing of the historic lime trees in Lindfield high street.
One woman has described the proposal to remove all 36 mature trees as a "chainsaw massacre".
And Lindfield Preservation Society says: "Lindfield is entitled to know why our crowning glory is going to be destroyed within six years."
The name Lindfield is derived from Linden meaning limes. In the Village Plan people said they wanted to see the trees pollarded again after 20 years when pollarding lapsed due to financial restraints.
The county council says pollarding can resume in 10 to 15 years when the new trees are established.
Campaigners are asking people to attend the parish council's Planning and Traffic Committee on Tuesday, March 11 starting at 8pm at the King Edward Hall to show their opposition to the proposals.
The deadline for comments on the county council's Notice of Intent is Friday.
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06 March 2008 12:14 PM
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