Residents - Local Red House area, (North Ipswich Fringe ); both former Red House Park TPO area and Tuddenham Road, roadside trees are under threat, again... Please be vigilant.

Local residents are upset that illegal damage to local trees with Protection Orders has been occurring on our "Undesigated Heritage Site" at Red House Farm off Tuddenham Road. SOCS have approached IBC and alerted the landowner Mr. Nowosad.

It is also  being dealt with by ward councillor Inga Lockington and SOCS representatives.

In the event you witness this happening, please alert Ipswich Borough Council by phone immediately 

Out of hours - emergencies (e.g.environmental issues) 01473 433444 

Let SOCS (text details to 07749773705) & your councillors know.

As well as being in breach of the law, The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation)(England) Regulations 2012, which came  into force on 6th April 2012 and can incur hefty fines, IF the appropriate authority, IBC, take enforcement action. 

Help SOCS ensure they do!

 

Anyone who contravenes an Order by damaging or carrying out work on a tree protected by an Order without getting permission from the local planning authority is guilty of an offence and may be fined.
There is also a duty requiring landowners to replace a tree removed, uprooted or destroyed in contravention of an Order. This duty also applies if a tree outside woodland is removed because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. The local planning authority may also impose a condition requiring replacement planting when granting consent under an Order for the removal of trees. The authority can enforce tree replacement by serving a ‘tree replacement notice’. 

Sometimes the Hedgerows Act is also breached. If you own or manage a countryside hedgerow (or hedgerow trees), understand the rules and responsibilities involved if you want to remove or work on them.

Countryside hedgerows: regulation and management

First published:11 September 2014

Part of:Land management and Biodiversity and ecosystems

 Natural England

 IBC say, "Heritage crime is "any offence which harms the value of England's heritage assets and their settings to this and future generations".  

 

Why are our trees important? They are our Heritage & help combat Air Pollution!

Basic Information

Particle pollution (also called particulate matter or PM) is the term for a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air. Some particles, such as dust, dirt, soot, or smoke, are large or dark enough to be seen with the naked eye. Others are so small they can only be detected using an electron microscope.

How Big is Particle Pollution?

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Particle pollution includes "inhalable coarse particles," with diameters larger than 2.5 micrometers and smaller than 10 micrometers and "fine particles," with diameters that are 2.5 micrometers and smaller. How small is 2.5 micrometers? Think about a single hair from your head. The average human hair is about 70 micrometers in diameter – making it 30 times larger than the largest fine particle.
These particles come in many sizes and shapes and can be made up of hundreds of different chemicals. Some particles, known as primary particles are emitted directly from a source, such as construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires. Others form in complicated reactions in the atmosphere of chemicals such as sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides that are emitted from power plants, industries and automobiles. These particles, known as secondary particles, make up most of the fine particle pollution in the country.