A major proposal to fell, pollard and prune dozens of trees on the Barn Street site of the 18th century, grade-two listed Wye House estate has been refused by Marlborough Town Council’s planning committee.
While it expressed no objection to a maintenance programme for the trees, many covered by preservation orders, councillors expressed serious concern at the removal of healthy trees, including Western Red Cedars and Lawsonia, in a programme involving horse chestnut, sycamore, lime, beech and yew trees.
Councillor Bryan Castle, an appointed Wiltshire Council tree warden, who inspected the site with tree surgeon David Oliver, pointed out that Wye House was in a conservation area and declared that the proposals were “without good reason”.
The need to maintain the trees was evident, not their destruction, the committee agreed.
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