Property developer fined £50,000 for cutting down protected 100-year-old oaks
Property developer fined £50,000 for cutting down protected 100-year-old oaks
James Barney wanted to use the land to build holiday lets on it (Pictures: Solent News)
A wealthy property developer destroyed protected woodland so he could build holiday lets for profit, a court heard.
James Barney, 35, hired workers to cut down more than 53 ancient oaks at Scoreys Copse in Horton Heath, Hampshire, on April 10 last year.
Locals ‘heard a great deal of noise and saw a digger…
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