Questions still remain on how we got to a point where we lost all our trees, got 8 in return and many feel disenfranchised. A selection of questions to ponder before our meeting on Thursday.

1. OUR QUESTIONS

2. WHY DIDN’T 2 PETITIONS OF OVER
300 PEOPLE COUNT WITH OUR
COUNCILLORS?

3. WHY DID WE GET
MISLEADING IMAGES ON
OPTION 2 FOR THE
REPLANTING

4. HOW COULD AN EMAIL FROM
AN
EX BRANCH CHAIR AND
STEERING GROUP MEMBER
ABOUT A CONSULTATION IN

5. INVITATION
TO
CONSULTATIO
N NOT
MENTION
TREES WHEN
THAT WAS
THE CHOICE
RESIDENTS
WERE ASKED
TO MAKE?

6. WHY DID COUNCIL USE THE TREE
REPORT TO JUSTIFY FELLING WHEN IT
ADVISED THE OPPOSITE AND SAID
FELLING WAS RELATIVELY CHEAP BUT
OPTIONS
WERE ENDLESS?

7. WHY DID THE STEERING
GROUP ONLY INCLUDE 3
VILLAGE RESIDENTS OUT OF
18 MEMBERS? AND INCLUDE
OVER HALF COUNCIL AND

8. WHY HAVEN’T ALL TREE
PLOTS BEEN CONSIDERED
FOR REPLANTING?

9. WHY WERE CONSULTATIONS
ADVERTISED AS INFORMATION
DROP-INS?

10. WHY WAS THE
RINGFENCED £700K
CLAIMED TO BE AT RISK?

11. WHY DID PLANNING NOT
HAVE TO FOLLOW THE
PROCESSES THAT
VILLAGE RESIDENTS
HAVE
TO FOLLOW?

12. WHY WAS WIDENING
CONSULTATION NOT
ACCEPTED AS A
GOOD OPTION FOR
COUNCIL
GIVEN OBVIOUS LACK
OF PARTICIPATION?

13. WHY WEREN’T PARTICIPANTS AND
COUNCILLORS ADVISED ABOUT WHAT
THE ‘DESIGN’ WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH
ROAD SIGNS INCLUDED?

14. FINAL QUESTION – WILL
BRADFORD COUNCIL
LISTEN NOW?

15. PLEASE COME TO OUR
MEETING ON
THURSDAY 26TH MARCH AT
CAROLINE ST SOCIAL CLUB