[Glenn.]

Should have let it get a grip on someone’s noggin. Then it would have been, “why didn’t they make it safe”

[MTVN]

An ancient oak felled in a north London park on the order of Toby Carvery's owners was healthy and could have lived "for another few hundred years", the leader of the local council has said.

Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said on Tuesday it was responsible for chopping down the 500-year-old tree, "to protect our employees and guests as well as the wider general public".

An Enfield Council planning document from March 2024 stated that the pedunculate oak was a "fine specimen" with high ecological and landscape value and had a life expectancy of at least 50 years.

But council leader Ergin Erbil said a more recent inspection found the tree could have lived for several more centuries.

He said: "Our experts surveyed this tree in December and they said it's healthy... so I completely oppose the argument from the leaseholder that this posed a health and safety risk."

Describing the felling of the tree as an "outrage", Mr Erbil added that M&B "did not consult us as the landowner, and they should have". The oak, which was cut down on 3 April, was located on the edge of council-owned Whitewebbs Park and overlooked a Toby Carvery.

Enfield Council said on Tuesday it had reported the felling as a case of criminal damage to the Met Police, which is understood to have closed its inquiry, deeming it a civil matter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8jwjx5kppo

[Liam-]

Did Guy Fawkes plan the attack underneath the tree? If he did, then maybe there would be an argument, otherwise it’s just a tree, a very old tree, but still just a tree

[Liam-]

People don’t want police investigating hate crimes because it’s a ‘waste of police resources for hurty words’ but want a full on investigation when a tree gets cut down

[arista]

Originally Posted by Liam-

It’s a bloody tree on a private companies property, get a grip

They only have that land on a lease.

[user104658]

Having an oak tree fall on your head before you get to the door is probably the best thing that could happen to you at a Toby Carvery.

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

People don’t want police investigating hate crimes because it’s a ‘waste of police resources for hurty words’ but want a full on investigation when a tree gets cut down

I thought this too. You have to laugh

[Maru]

Originally Posted by MTVN

An ancient oak felled in a north London park on the order of Toby Carvery's owners was healthy and could have lived "for another few hundred years", the leader of the local council has said.

Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said on Tuesday it was responsible for chopping down the 500-year-old tree, "to protect our employees and guests as well as the wider general public".

An Enfield Council planning document from March 2024 stated that the pedunculate oak was a "fine specimen" with high ecological and landscape value and had a life expectancy of at least 50 years.

But council leader Ergin Erbil said a more recent inspection found the tree could have lived for several more centuries.

He said: "Our experts surveyed this tree in December and they said it's healthy... so I completely oppose the argument from the leaseholder that this posed a health and safety risk."

Describing the felling of the tree as an "outrage", Mr Erbil added that M&B "did not consult us as the landowner, and they should have". The oak, which was cut down on 3 April, was located on the edge of council-owned Whitewebbs Park and overlooked a Toby Carvery.

Enfield Council said on Tuesday it had reported the felling as a case of criminal damage to the Met Police, which is understood to have closed its inquiry, deeming it a civil matter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8jwjx5kppo

Very sad if true. Unfortunately the damage is done.