Campaigners say a new flood prevention programme would 'decimate' trees around a popular beauty spot.
Campaign group Friends of Poynton Pool have called for Cheshire East Council to rethink a plan that would cut down a significant number of trees. A public meeting with Cheshire East Council in October 2022 revealed a proposal to fell ‘at least 44 trees around Poynton Pool’, with a ‘further 37 trees at risk of removal’ in order to reduce a 1 in 10,000 year flood risk.
This flood resilience plan has been met with forceful opposition and now local resident Jen Hartshorne has created a petition receiving nearly 1,500 signatures and rallied together other Poynton residents.
