Whilst at Governmental level Gordon Brown, for all of his many, failings, is waking up to environmental sensibilities:
 ”Environmental sustainability is not an option – it is a necessity. We have a compelling and ever more urgent duty of stewardship to take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity and social fabric depends…”

It seems many Councils agree in principle, but clearly think this ‘stewardship’ does not apply to them.

 Torbay Council is a shining example of this. The decision to demolish Rock Walk – aside from the fact that it’s a major feature on the sea front of what is essentially a tourist destination, supposedly renowned for its beauty - the wanton demolition of trees and foliage hundreds of years old, has proved catastrophic and has enraged local people.

The cliff face was striped because ‘the trees might fall down’. This has not only irrevocably scarred the landscape, but shock horror – it turns out it was the trees that were holding the cliff face up, Doh!!