1. Heritage Walks 1.1 Paul Brooke updated members on the request/invite to STAG from Sheffield Heritage Week to organise tree/protest related walks. 1.2 Paul S and Jim Clarke will be leading a number of walks during that week, mainly in…
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 13 August 2019
Tagged with: #saveshefftrees, #Sheffield, #Sheffield Tree Action Groups, #SouthYorkshire, #STAG
Posted in Minutes from official meetings
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Forestry Commission Report July 2019
In 2018, the Forestry Commission launched an investigation into the legality of Sheffield City Council’s actions regarding the felling of street trees. Their decision has now been published: “Alleged illegal tree felling investigation report – Sheffield’s Streets Ahead programme”. Read…
Tagged with: #ForestryCommissionReport, #injunction, #saveshefftrees, #Sheffield, #Sheffield Tree Action Groups, #SouthYorkshire, #STAG
Posted in Legal notices, News
Posted in Legal notices, News
Sheffield protesters ‘vindicated’ after council u-turn on axing 200 trees
Fresh inspections of over 200 trees that Sheffield Council had claimed had to be chopped down from city pavements as a “last resort” have identified just one that cannot be saved – leading anti-felling campaigners to say today their protests…
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 4 June 2019
1. Actions from the last STAG Steering Group meeting 1.1 Paul Brooke had followed up with Dave Dillner about whether STAG had been set up as a Woodland Trust Charter branch. 1.2 Dave confirmed it had been, in his name,…
Tagged with: #saveshefftrees, #Sheffield, #Sheffield Tree Action Groups, #SheffieldStreetTrees, #STAG
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 7 May 2019
1. Matters arising 1.1 Disease issues – Paul B has contacted Dr Wilson. There is no easy route to a decision on whether to fell an individual tree with phytophthora. A discussion is needed on the technicalities in each case.…
Tagged with: #saveshefftrees, #Sheffield, #Sheffield Tree Action Groups, #SouthYorkshire, #STAG
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 2 April 2019
1. Update about 3rd Party Fellings 1.1 At the previous STAG Steering Group meeting, there had been a lengthy discussion about 3rd party reasons for felling. Specifically, about the reasonable process relating to Insurance claims against street trees from residents…
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 5 March 2019
1. Update on Inspections and recent conversations with Amey and SCC 1.1 Broadly positive feedback on new approach as all the Facebook updates etc show. 1.2 Amey drawing up recommendations to go to SCC. Most reports recommending to SCC that…
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 5th February 2019
1. Joint Investigations 1.1 Amey teams are currently averaging one investigation per day. 1.2 Most of STAG observers have now seen at least one investigation. 1.3 Amey pavement crews have been authorised by Arbs to cut tree roots up to…
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Latest #saveshefftrees Update – w/e 15th February 2019
Hello everyone, Latest #saveshefftrees update, please enjoy, share……….. Chelsea Elm saved!!!! So it only took 38 months… Finally, today the Chelsea Road elm tree, the 120 year old Huntingdon Elm tree, resistant to Dutch Elm Disease, has been saved. Many…
STAG Steering Group meeting: 8th January 2019
1. Joint Inspections with Amey 1.1 SG members involved in the talks updated SG on the conversations held with Amey followed by questions and discussions. 1.2 Chris Rust and Paul Brooke updated SG on the meeting they had held with…
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Chatsworth Road – First Joint Tree Inspection
Paul Brooke, the STAG Chair reports: Very interesting morning observed by a happy crowd. So what was the issue with this tree? Before starting any work we discussed the displaced kerbs and cracked and raised tarmac around the lime tree.…
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The Big Issue namechecks STAG!
STAG’s campaigning efforts have been recognised by The Big Issue in their list of Top 100 Changemakers. You’ll need to take my word for it as the print on the cover image is too small to read. We are all…
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Latest #saveshefftrees Update – w/e 11th January 2019
Hello everyone, Happy New Year and here’s to a year without mindless destruction of perfectly healthy trees, talking of which……… Upcoming joint inspections with Amey As you will (or maybe will not!) know, there will be a process of joint…
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Posted in Blog, Citywide Tree Preservation Order, Council tree talks, Court cases, Educational visits, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Citywide Tree Preservation Order, Council tree talks, Court cases, Educational visits, Healthy Felling, News
STAG Steering Group meeting: 11th December 2018
1. Matters arising 1.1 Leaf clearing – Darren Butt has offered to provide large sacks to any groups of residents who wish to do their own leaf clearance on their roads. 2. Talks with SCC and Amey 2.1 The latest…
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STAG Steering Group meeting: 27th November 2018
1. Talks with Amey/SCC 1.1 A statement on the talks has been issued. Further announcements are expected soon. 1.2 A confidential discussion on progress took place. 2. Forestry Commission Investigation 2.1 Paul Selby gave a further update. 3. Fellings owing…
Tagged with: #saveshefftrees, #Sheffield, #Sheffield Tree Action Groups, #SouthYorkshire, STAG steering group minutes
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Joint Statement by Sheffield Council, Amey and STAG – 13th December 2018
Following more than two months of very detailed discussions between SCC, Amey and the STAG Steering Group, Sheffield City Council have announced a new approach to managing street trees within the 25 year ‘Streets Ahead’ highway management programme operated by…
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Posted in Council tree talks, News
Latest #saveshefftrees Update – w/e 30th November 2018
Hello, A very busy week with quite a bit to update you on. Talks Update As flagged in last weeks weekly email, the STAG negotiating team held a fourth day of mediated talks with Sheffield Council on Monday. More progress…
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Posted in Blog, News, Uncategorized
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Further update on STAG’s continuing discussions with SCC and Amey
Jointly agreed press statement following a morning of talks today (below). As campaigners are aware, the group from STAG Steering Group that have been engaged in the talks, have been trying to assist the Council in formulating a proposal on…
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Update on STAG’s continuing discussions with SCC and Amey
We have had two sessions with SCC and Amey, totalling three days of meetings, with a three week gap to think about the information given to us in the two-day first session. At some point Sheffield Council will have to…
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Posted in Council tree talks, News
Out of Common Ground, Enemies and Trees: on Sheffield Street Tree Festival
September, autumn is setting in, and I’m driving from Devon to Nether Edge in Sheffield to learn about one of the most outstanding environmental stories of our time. The Sheffield Street Tree Festival is a perfect reason and excuse to…
Tagged with: #25YEP, #airpollution, #AirQuality, #chainsawmassacre, #injunction, #saveshefftrees, #SheffieldChainsawMassacre, #sheffieldissuper
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Posted in Blog, Healthy Felling, News
Innocent protest to save Sheffield’s healthy street trees turns into a nightmare, as a small group of brave suburbanites take on their Council, the police and a multinational corporation.
We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.
Walk the Heartwood Trail and find Robert Macfarlane’s beautiful charms against harm hung from some of Sheffield’s threatened Street Trees. Designed by Jackie Morris.
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