In recent years we have seen several developers in Tamworth use the legal but controversial netting technique to allow them to remove hedges and trees when it suits them rather than in the closed winter season.

The netting of hedges is not something we feel should be permitted in Tamworth. It increases the risk of harming birds and other wildlife and encourages a 'lazy' non environmentally friendly approach by developers.

The best solution is to either remove hedges and trees in the depths of winter or ideally look at alternative ways of planning developments so that hedges and tress can remain in situ.

So we ask Tamworth Borough Council to undertake a review of of its planning policies and introduce a policy that forbids the use of netting by any developer within the borough of Tamworth and in any other area where Tamworth Borough Council is involved as a consultee.

I am an ex - local councillor in Tamworth, Staffordshire who represented the Mercian Ward up until Thursday 6th May 2021

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Many thanks

Richard