Keep the Canal's Trees

Leamington's Grand Union Canal towpath is lined by lovely mature trees. Developers on Althorpe Street (near the footbridge and the railway line bridge) want to take these down, but they really don't need to. They still have the option of developing their chosen area, while keeping our 'green corridor' of trees for health and wildlife. Petition Warwick District Council and the Canal and Rivers Trust to ensure that the trees are protected.

(Detail of the full petition)

WE the undersigned petition

1. Warwick District Council; and
2. The Canal and Rivers Trust

to protect and preserve mature trees lining the Grand Union Canal towpath in Leamington Spa between the railway bridge and the PBSA building on Althorpe Street, thus maintaining the physical and mental health benefits, and ecological benefits to the public as part of Leamington's 'green corridor'.  We point out that permitting the felling of these trees would be counter to:

1. Warwick District Council's Tree and Woodland Strategy, para 2.2.3, policy 6 and para 3, especially 3.1.3;
2. Canal and River Trust's declared commitment to care for the environment and to towpath users, articulated in the Governance Handbook of June 2018, Charitable Objects, especially 2.1.3 and 2.3; and 2.6.1. Also in Waterways and Wellbeing, September 2017, especially pages 113-118;
3. Warwick District Council's emerging Canal Conservation Area (currently under consultation), whereby these trees would have TPO status.