A man has been ordered to pay �6,015 after felling trees in the Isle of Dogs which were in a protected conservation area.
Residents reacted with anger in May after six mature trees were unlawfully felled on a plot of land which lies between the Watermans Arms pub and George Green’s School in Saunders Ness Road.
Jason Hough was fined �5,000 and ordered to pay �1,015 costs at Thames Magistrates Court in Bow earlier this month for removing the trees.
It is understood that builders were clearing land for a housing development but did not have conservation area consent.
The prosecution was brought by Tower Hamlets Council’s planning enforcement department.
Mr Hough pleaded guilty.
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