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Dear Mr X (not his real name... haha)
Thankyou for your email to which I can inform that the trees have been removed as part of the consents for redevelopment of the multi-story car park and associated areas. I, myself as the tree officer for Stafford Borough Council was not involved with the decisions made for the site, as I have only been employed at Stafford since May 2012.
However, the trees did have structural problems as a result of previous crown reduction works to retain them and accommodate them within the location, this has resulted in them developing obvious signs of decay, branch failures and the presence of decay fungus Ganoderma, which is still present at the base of the most recent tree to be felled.
I fully understand your concerns and as a tree officer empathise with you, but from a professional arboricultural point of view the trees were at an age where their structural problems would have become a significant health and safety risk to the general public, and any tree surgery maintenance to retain the trees would only allow for further ingress of decay and removal would have been inevitable sooner rather than later.
I hope this provides you with sufficient information, but if you have any further queries in this matter then please don't hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
As we all know Marks and Spencer don't sell trees so they couldn't have them in their store. I wonder how many trees will be lost when the Morrisons development takes place?