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To: Newark and Sherwood District Council
Save the Great Oak of Muskham
Save the Great Oak of Muskham by rejecting or revoking the planning application ref 25/00065/TPO that seeks to destroy the Great Oak's canopy and possibly fell the tree completely through the proposed severe tree works in this application. We don't want this Oak Tree to be another environmental disaster like the Whitewebbs Oak in Epping Forest. Believe it or not, we have our own giant Oak Tree in North Muskham. This important Oak Tree has been hidden for too long. We want to proclaim its importance for local wildlife, air quality, noise reduction and local climate regulation.
Why is this important?
The Great Oak of Muskham is in Muskham Park, North Muskham, Nottinghamshire, a designated Natural England Priority Habitat Deciduous Woodland. The Great Oak of Muskham is registered in the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Register. Its massive canopy covers around one-sixth of the entire canopy of this ancient parkland, which has also been covered by an Area Tree Preservation Order since 1975. We want to avoid this becoming another Whitewebbs Oak of Epping Forest disaster. Oak Trees are vitally important for the health of communities and wildlife and this one contains many bat species, as identified in professional ecological surveys by MCIEEM professionals, as well as our own citizen science detection.
How it will be delivered
In person to a full commitee of Newark and Sherwood District Council. Will you join us? The more, the merrier!
