"LEAF" THEM ALONE OR NOT?

In a case of “woodman spare that tree” Brigg Town Council is objecting to a large cedar felled on Bigby Road.
The planning and environment committee is prepared to go along with the loss of smaller cedar trees (near a boundary wall) but feels the larger ought to stay.
The trees at The Cedars, Bigby Road – once a doctors’ surgery/clinic but now newly-converted offices - are within the Brigg Conservation Area and their removal must therefore be agreed with the planning authority, North Lincolnshire Council.
Supporting retention, Coun Penny Smith pointed out the building’s name related specifically to cedars.
Coun Mel Oades added: “I don’t see any reason for the smaller ones to go.”
Coun Ann Eardley claimed: “There are too many trees being lost in the Conservation Area and not enough being planted.”
It is understood the cedar trees’ roots are interfering with brickwork.