The Friends of Lever Park

If I was to go into Astley Park (Chorley) this weekend with a chain saw and trim one of their trees to the ground, how long would it be before the law was taking me before the courts.

So come on Chorley tell us how long it is going to be before you take go-ape to court for the unlawful removal of trees from Lever Park.

After all they were not given authorisation to remove the ammount of trees that have been felled, so what they did was an illegal act and surely you must proceed with a prosecution against them.

If chorley fail to prosecute go-ape it will only add strength to the feeling of ” What the hell is going on here”.

So I challenge Chorley to prove me wrong and take out a prosecution against go-ape, just like they would against any citizen who would without authorisation dare to fell a tree in Chorley’s own back yard.

Chorley have said all along that they have done everything correctly, then go ahead and prove it and tell go-ape that they can’t remove anymore trees than the three that was sanctioned by Chorley’s Arboricultural officer. Prove it Chorley and tell them to abide by figures set out by your own Arboriculturist. This statement of three trees by chorley’s own staff was used as a letter of support on the application, its beginning to look as if someone has said ” Lets get it through then you can do what you want “.

I may be wrong and I hope I am, So go on Chorley prove me wrong and tell go-ape that they can’t remove any trees over and above those agreed by Mr Keith Winstanley Chorley’s Arboricultural officer, who incidently numbered the trees 755, 757 and 758 on the site map.