Mr Diamond replied last week: “You are correct with regards to the amount of brash [parts of trees not removed from a site after felling] being significantly more than would be expected for the widening of a vehicular access. The reason for this is that the access was widened in 2019 and the brash has no relationship to the access opening. The brash above relates to coppicing of the understorey within the ‘woodland’.

Source: The Times November 01, 2023 22:00 UTC