Forestry Commission tries to destroy forest

When you go on to the Forestry Commission website one of the first things you can see is what they are there for. It says “We are the government department responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands”. In this case you would expect that they would do everything that they could to protect the forests. If you thought this you would be wrong.

In Houghton-le-Spring they brought a developer in to knock down 7000 trees to build 20 football pitches. For some reason the Forestry Commission didn’t carry out an environmental impact assessment. The people of the area took it to the high court and the trees were saved.

Maybe the Forestry Commission should actually do their job and protect the forests?