Restaurant chain took chainsaw to ancient oak tree in Enfield without permission
The restaurant chain Toby Carvery has settled a legal dispute after taking a chainsaw to an ancient oak tree without permission by agreeing to pay for the restoration of a lost orchard.
The unauthorised partial felling of the 500-year-old oak next to a Toby Carvery car park in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield, in April last year, prompted widespread public outrage and questions in parliament.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Matthew Weaver.
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