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Readers letters
The last tree standing at Dixon Clark Court (left)
- Credit: Alison Gosper
Open spaces
James Dunnett, Barnsbury Road, Islington, writes:
Islington Council is building on the green spaces on its housing estates in order to gain a handful of new houses.
The battle at Dixon Clark Court, Highbury Corner, has just been lost and the trees cut down – there will be a 400 per cent increase in built footprint on the site.
But there are other such schemes in the pipeline – many for which the council granted itself planning consent a few years ago before the pattern was widely appreciated.
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Police also went to the Canonbury Road site to investigate reports of anti-social behaviour and a protest.
Officers arrived at about 10.30am, and two women were arrested - one under the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 and another under the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 and on suspicion of obstructing a High Court officer.
The Met Police said routine patrols will be taking place in the vicinity to prevent further potential breaches of the peace and to uphold Covid legislation .
Islington Council has been contacted for comment on the felling.
Previously, Islington s housing chief Cllr Diarmaid Ward said the new council homes are desperately needed for local families currently living in unsuitable and overcrowded conditions .
Meg Howarth, Islington, full address supplied, writes:
Islington council’s claim that further environmental destruction at Highbury Corner is a price worth paying for a maximum of an additional 25 council homes on the existing Dixon Clark Court (DCC) estate - not 27 as spun by the town hall - is both absurd and misleading - but good to see that at least the High Court judges got the figure right (Judge permits Islington Council to evict eco-warriors).
Unlike the other major geographical junctions in the borough - Angel and Archway - the DCC green screen of trees provides a public-realm service not only to the estate’s residents but also to passers-by. Trees and green aren’t only about environment and climate protection but also public health - physical and mental. With Right to Buy (RtB) income from the sale of some of the additional properties factored into the financial viability of the proposed development, on one estimate in the planning officer’s report as few as 1