A PARISH council has said it will withhold payment for the removal of trees and vegetation following a row about whether the correct work was done. There was uproar in Middleton St George, near Darlington, after hedges, trees and greenery were removed from near the village s water park last week. Middleton St George Parish Council had agreed to pay about £22,700 for work to be carried out to make the south bank of the former reservoirs safe. An extraordinary meeting was called on Monday to discuss the situation following public outcry and questions over whether the work had been done correctly.
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