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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Stephen Norrie

Trees need to be valued on the basis of their carbon sequestration and storage, and not just their ‘amenity, historic or ecological value’. Existing woodland should be valued, regardless of whether it is non-native or given a ‘poor’ biodiversity rating – something which happens shockingly often. We are in a climate emergency, and cannot afford to lose existing carbon sinks, or the carbon emissions released by their destruction. This policy should make it impossible for whole woods (as opposed to isolated trees) to be cut down for the purpose of development, as has happened in the development at Mappleborough Green.