ANGER has been voiced after developers cut down trees and removed hedgerows on a site in Cwmbran in breach of a planning condition.
Developers Bron Afon cut down a number of trees on land off Newport Road, Llantarnam, next to the former Three Blackbirds Inn pub, ahead of building 22 homes on the site.
Planning permission for the development has already been granted, but one of the conditions of it sought to protect trees and hedgerows on the site, by requiring a landscaping scheme to be approved before any works started.
Llantarnam councillor Alan Slade said residents are “heartbroken” by the works carried out, which affected two hedgerows and has seen around 60 trees cut down.