Fancy website with grandiose claims that they care for the environment undermined by their unauthorised felling of a 500-year-old oak tree in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield. Recent surveys had found the tree to be in a sound condition and likely to live on for at least 50 more years (e.g. a Forestry Commission expert, who stated it to be healthy, with little justification for the felling).Strangely enough, the job (in April 2025) was done during the early hours of the morning, and Ground Control’s vans were photographed without the company’s logos or any other identification. It’s almost as though Ground Control were aware that what they were doing was unjustified and could lead to a public backlash if they were identified. A whole year later, investigators for a national newspaper learned that Ground Control were responsible. A senior conversation adviser at the Woodland Trust, Dr Ed Pyne, was quoted as saying: “There has been a lack of transparency throughout, so now it is time they answered some questions.What is the evidence that the tree was dangerous? What level of qualification and competency did Ground Control operatives have when they made this decision? We haven’t heard any solid justification for why this tree was removed.”
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