Rejected petition: Make it illegal to damage and cut down ancient woodland
Rejected on
To make it illegal to cause the destruction of ancient woodland and other protected SSSI’s
These areas are protected, but somehow certain councils are allowing them to be cut down for development.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:
Ban the removal or felling of ancient trees
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775748We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.