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Oct 2021
Boroughbridge family wait 10 months for developer to replace tree
A family in Boroughbridge is still waiting for a developer to replace a tree that its workers chopped down 10 months ago.
With a new estate being built nearby, Wayne and Cally England were used to the sound of construction but were nevertheless surprised to see a man with a chainsaw in their garden at around 8am on January 6.
When they went out to question him, he told them that he had already started cutting the tree and it was no longer safe so it had to come down.
Taylor Wimpey apologised at the time and offered to replace the tree and install a new fence. However, 10 months later this has yet to happen.
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Mr England initially believed the tree was on a boundary between his home and the land owned by the developer.
But after the incident he commissioned a geospatial survey, which found the tree was fully on his family's land. Mr England told the Stray Ferret:
In emails to Mr England, Taylor Wimpey claimed the tree was damaged and therefore unsafe.
Mr England has always disputed the claim. A tree survey he commissioned found it was healthy and would have lived for another 20 to 40 years.
A Taylor Wimpey spokesperson said:
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