{"id":34522,"date":"2022-10-07T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34522"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:39:09","slug":"eastleigh-bc-awarded-68k-after-illegal-tree-felling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34522","title":{"rendered":"Eastleigh BC awarded \u00a368K after illegal tree felling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-27725\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tree.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"183\" \/>Eastleigh Borough Council (BC) has secured its largest ever fine and costs totalling over \u00a368,000 after a local landowner cut down some trees.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration only<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 [Cllr Rupert Kyrle] \u2018I\u2019m absolutely delighted that we have secured a successful prosecution\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>LocalGov<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The council successfully prosecuted Mr James Barney following unauthorised tree works carried out on trees covered by a Woodland Tree Preservation Order in April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution was brought by the council under the Town &amp; Country Planning Act 1990, as Mr Barney had unlawfully cut down a number of trees including oak, ash, birch, hawthorn and poplar within Scorey\u2019s Copse.<\/p>\n<p>The judge fined Mr Barney \u00a350,0000 plus he was also ordered to pay the Council\u2019s costs of \u00a317,841 and a victim surcharge of \u00a3190 \u2013 a total in excess of \u00a368,000.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet lead for environment Cllr Rupert Kyrle: \u2018I\u2019m absolutely delighted that we have secured a successful prosecution. Our planning enforcement and legal teams worked together to bring about this prosecution that sends a strong message that you shouldn\u2019t mess with our trees or we will be after you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Council-awarded-68000-after-illegal-tree-felling\/54831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more context see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34451\">IHBC NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastleigh Borough Council (BC) has secured its largest ever fine and costs totalling over \u00a368,000 after a local landowner cut down some trees. image: for illustration only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34523,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522\/revisions\/34523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}