110 trees are being planted across Oldham as compensation for protected trees 'felled unlawfully'
hereIn February 2018 First Choice agreed to pay compensation of £31,132.50 to the council for the lost Keb Lane trees to be spent on tree and woodland planting.A council report, signed by deputy chief executive Helen Lockwood, states: “The money was paid as compensation for the loss of trees protected by a TPO and felled unlawfully.”Now the town hall has agreed to use around half of the compensation cash to fund the planting of more than a hundred new trees across the borough.“Environmental services would like to use £15,000 of this money to plant 110 new trees across Oldham in key positions to enhance the landscape and provide maximum eco-system benefits in terms of flood resilience, air pollution, carbon storage and carbon sequestration,”