Allotment owners and residents near a new Ruddington housing development are calling for the builders behind it to pay compensation after a historic hedgerow was destroyed. One of those already living at Wilbur Chase says its residents now feel "unwelcome" because of the developer's actions.
The Wilbur Chase project will eventually see 175 houses built in Ruddington, with many having already been completed. The development site backs on to the privately-owned Buttercup Allotments, with a hedgerow having separated the two.
In April, a contractor working on behalf of Avant Homes was seen tearing out around 30 metres of this hedgerow, which was home to wildlife including nesting birds, grass snakes and badgers. The developer has acknowledged this should not have taken place and has just re-planted what it destroyed.
