Isn't it amazing how fast things can get done and all those coppers we don't have to turn up when you are a victim suddenly appear as if they've been sitting about waiting...or maybe it was all pre planned for some time?

Follow the trail of brown envelopes...

In China things just get done. Over here, not so much. Trying to get the council to deal with anything is not a rewarding experience.

All that displaced wildlife for some more properties.

At the back of my GFs house there was an old builders yard than turned into a mini wood. One neighbour kept complaining about trees overhanging her fence. Council action? Chainsaw it all into a grassy area now doubling as a fly tipping zone.

Councils will strip an area and "replant" rather than maintain. Nothing to do with the environment and all to do with cost.