On 21 March we presented a petition with your name on it to Cambridgeshire County Council asking them to save the Coton green corridor, spare the Coton orchard and find a better transport solution. The petition has been signed by over 13,000 people.

We worked hard to put forward your voice and they listened, but the council still voted 36 to 25 to destroy the orchard and green corridor.

Our fight to save the trees and spare the orchard is not over. 

The council will now submit an application to government in May, which will trigger a public inquiry. The inquiry will determine whether permission should be given.

We will take part in the inquiry and argue that permission should not be given.

To do this, we have launched a Fighting Fund to pay for independent experts to provide evidence and legal representation. £54,000 has been pledged towards our first target of raising £60,000 by May. As soon as we have reached this first target, we will immediately appoint the expert team to start work preparing the best case to save Coton orchard and green corridor.

Please give what you can so that we can make a start now! Thank you very much if you have already supported this appeal with a donation

Donate at www.cambridgeppf.org/appeal/save-the-coton-green-corridor (or search for Save Coton Orchard). Every gift  helps to save Coton orchard and green spaces.

The Fighting Fund is being promoted by local charity Cambridge Past, Present & Future, Coton Parish Council, Coton Busway Action Group, Coton Orchard, Coton Loves Pollinators and Save the West Fields.

We are very disappointed that local politicians are seeking permission to cut down trees, destroy Cambridgeshire’s largest remaining traditional orchard and cause irrecoverable harm to ecology and landscape. There is a better way, and we now need to make that case at the public inquiry.

Please continue to support this campaign and save the trees, in whatever way you can.