{"id":36625,"date":"2023-05-30T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36625"},"modified":"2023-05-29T18:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:51:45","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-roots-up-ancient-king-charles-oak-faces-the-chop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36625","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the roots up\u2019: Ancient King Charles oak faces the chop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-27725\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Tree-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Tensions are brewing in Berkshire as residents push back against plans to cut down a 700-year-old oak tree used to spy on King Charles I&#8217;s army during the Civil War, reports <em>Localgov.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Localgov<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Plans have been submitted to Reading Borough Council to fell \u2018King\u2019s Spy Oak\u2019 in Caversham, Berkshire, so that a three-bed house can be built.<\/p>\n<p>The tree, which has a Tree Preservation Order on it, was reportedly used by Parliamentary forces during the Civil War to set up an ambush for the King\u2019s army.<\/p>\n<p>The 8m high Pedunculate oak is designated by the Woodland Trust\u2019s ancient tree inventory as an ancient tree of national special interest. The planning application has received over 220,000 comments so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I strongly object to the cutting down of the ancient oak tree\u2026\u2019 said one commenter.<\/p>\n<p>A council spokesperson said: \u2018\u2026 The garden includes a veteran Oak tree, protected by a Tree Preservation Order which the applicant proposes would be removed and replaced with planting and trees. The tree features on page 49 of Reading Borough Council\u2019s Tree Strategy published in 2021\u2026 &#8216;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Ancient-King-Charles-oak-faces-the-chop-\/56105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions are brewing in Berkshire as residents push back against plans to cut down a 700-year-old oak tree used to spy on King Charles I&#8217;s army during the Civil War, reports Localgov. image: for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36625","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=36625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36626,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36625\/revisions\/36626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}