A business consortium has sparked fury in a British village famous for its Cadbury chocolate factory over plans to cut down historic trees and build ‘eco homes’ instead.
Bournbrook Secret Woods’s plan for an ‘eco village’ has angered residents of Bournville, Birmingham, after it was revealed 70 historic trees would be cut down to accommodate eco homes, a treetop walkway, car park and large community centre.
Residents, who have fought off plans for homes and phone masts on the woodland, thought the plan was an ‘April Fool’ after discovering the consultation website on April 1 but soon realised it was genuine and have since called on Birmingham City Council councillor Mary Locke to intervene.
The consortium claims the plan will ‘regenerate a mismanaged, long forgotten and overgrown woodland into an urban oasis of biodiversity’.
But residents have hit back and claimed
the area is already a ‘perfect eco environment’ with a rich diversity of
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