A Labour council's decision to cut down more than 100 trees in the middle of a city centre has cost them at least £3.3m, a report has found.
Plymouth City Council (PCC) sparked outrage when its group of 'monsters in the night' felled 110 trees on the city's Armada Way in March 2023 in what was described as a 'chainsaw massacre'.
The move was part of a regeneration project but furious campaigners labelled it 'ecological vandalism'.
And according to an independent review into the council's actions, the tree-felling 'still reverberates today'.
The review led by a panel of independent experts through Solace, explored how decisions were made, how the project was managed, and how the council communicated with the public.
