So far, it's looking like a victory for treehuggers! Brighton and Hove City Council has responded to the calls from Clyde Road residents to save their wonderful trees.

Nancy was swift to act when contacted by concerned residents of the St Peter’s and North Laine area, about mature plane trees being cut down. She sent a letter to the Brighton and Hove City Council, and last Fridayshe led a team to Clyde Road to speak with residents and gather support for a petition. Nancy’s letter asked residents whether they had been consulted and whether they wanted “the plane trees to be managed and not cut down”.

Keen to appear on the new Argus online candidate map, Nancy ‘Tweeted’ her location. This is clearly monitored by the “powers that be”, as no sooner than the last door had been knocked, council representatives appeared with a letter admitting they had been hasty: “it is possible in hindsight that shorter term and less drastic options could have also been contained in the letter, originally meant as a start to continued consultation..”

Nancy said “I am pleased that the Council are having a rethink, as most of the residents I spoke to were unhappy about the proposal to cut the trees down, and said they had not been consulted. I think this has got to be the speediest resolution to a campaign I have ever had, the Argus online candidate map clearly has influence!”

There is a “drop in” session at the Calvary Church in nearby Viaduct Road on Wednesday, February 24th between 6pm and 8pm where residents can speak to council officers about concerns.

Tags: Clyde Road

Posted on February 16, 2010 in City Council, Environmental and Green Issues, Out and About in Brighton.