Tree Preservation in Quarry
From:
Marie Vickers
Date:
Apr 10 09:38 UTC
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I have a very serious explanation as to why Oxford
City Council must keep some planning applications as
confidential. I understand there are some men -
perpetrators of abuse to women - who will go to any
lengths to find out the addresses of Refuges for women
and their children. This could include trawling
through applications for change of use, extensions and
refurbishments (including the provision of play
facilities in the gardens) of properties owned or
purchased by Local Authorities or Housing
Associations. It seems that their aim is to further
abuse the women who have escaped from their violence
to a safe house. In some cases, it is women friends
and relations of the perpetrator who do the initial
research and identification of the property.
For this reason I fully support Oxford City Council in
keeping the addresses of some planning applications as
confidential matters. I trust that this is also the
policy of all local authorities in UK and Northern
Ireland.
Marie Vickers
--- Julia Gasper <<email obscured>> wrote:
> If Nigel had bothered to read my messages before he
> rubbished them, he would find that on 27th March I
> wrote "I will be asking whether there is any strong
> reason for
> felling the tree, and unless it is diseased or
> dangerous, I will be objecting."
>
> Again, on April 6th I wrote of the large number of
> trees that have been felled in Quarry in the past
> year or so "None of these trees were diseased or
> dangerous."
>
> So I have already answered the question about
> whether they were healthy or not.
> I did not use any such term as "in league" nor
> "sinister" or "underhand" , terms which are supplied
> by the strong imaginations of Nigel and Jock.
> The Council's announcement about some planning
> applications being "confidential" comes from the
> webpage relating to trees and felling. Is Jock
> really expecting us to believe that the Council uses
> ttrees at secret addresses for refuges? I can only
> assume you are joking, Jock.
> 1st of April's over, you know!
> If any one has a serious explanation of why
> the Council should keep some planning applications
> secret regardless of public accountability, then I
> am still waiting to hear it.
> The problem attitude, or "mentality", is the
> tree-hating attitude. Almost every time a house is
> sold the first thing people do when they move in is
> to cut down all the trees. I noticed this at the
> last address where I lived. On one side the new
> occupants cut down some lovely apple trees behind
> the house, and paved over the front garden for
> parking (despite living opposite a car park) while
> on the other they cut down the small ornamental
> laburnum tree that had such beautiful flowers in the
> Spring. The new owners just cleared all the trees
> out automatically , regarding them as a form of
> clutter or "mess". That is the attitude that we are
> up against. That and apathy.
>
> Julia Gasper
> Headington Quarry, Oxford England
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