A TADLEY resident has expressed fears that “beautiful” trees along a “historic” footpath may be removed – after spotting notices saying they are due to be cut down.

Holly Tidy is hoping to save several trees along a footpath on land adjacent to 12 Fairlawn Road.

Holly decided she wanted to take action after reading a notice put up by MWA Arboriculture, a consultancy firm providing expert advice and support on the management of trees.

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The signs on the trees read: “The trees identified as T4 (Oak), T5 (Beech) and TGI (Oak within 10m and Ash, Elm and Hawthorn within 12m of the house at no 12), show the plan bellow have been implicated as material cause of damage to a property and constitute a legal nuisance.”

The trees identified as TGI Ash, Holly, Hazel, Elm, Hawthorn, Oak. T4 Oak and TG Beech on the plan below have been identified as a material of cause of damage to a property and constitute a legal nuisance. Attempts to identify the owner of the land and trees are ongoing.

The signs state that, if the owner of the land is not found, the trees will be removed on January 7, however as of Tuesday January 18, the trees are still there.

Holly said: “There are lots of different reasons why this would be a problem.

“If they take those trees down, I would imagine the whole of both sides would fall into the track. It is a massive track anyway and we have a lot of problems with flooding.

“There should be a runaway that goes all the way down and there is a ditch you can see that hasn’t been maintained by the council.

“On top of this, there would be problems with privacy because where I live you [people] would be able to see straight onto the road.

“We also have lots of wildlife about and it would just change the whole aspect of that bit.

“It used to be the main route into Tadley, so it has got historical purposes as well. I am just really worried about taking out these beautiful trees.”

Holly, who lives nearby on Fairlawn Road, has been left upset and feels that in this case “money is more important than saving trees”.

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A spokesperson from the borough council confirmed that the trees are located on land which is not owned by the council and that works are being managed by MWA Arboriculture.

The firm has been approached for comment.

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