Developers guilty of killing trees to build £11.2m Sandbanks homes

October 21, 2011 / Local News, Uncategorized

Two property developers have been found guilty over the deaths of five protected trees standing in the way of their £11.2 million Sandbanks housing scheme. Alistair Collier, 41, and Harvey Lee, 66, were convicted of five offences of causing or permitting the trees to be destroyed and will be sentenced at a later date. The pair bought the land for £4.5 million through their firm Barrington Homes and had planning permission to build two houses at the property in Banks [...]

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