HAVING just read the article in the Malvern Gazette (January 20) concerning the removal of advertising boards at North Site, also mentioned in the article was that Malvern Hills District Council has now placed a TPO on some of the trees located on the property.

One must ask the question why was this order not placed on the trees lining the Leigh Sinton Road?

Surely, the council must have realised in placing a TPO on some trees within the North Site, that the line of trees on Leigh Sinton Road were just as important to residents in the area.

It is just one more case showing the inability of the council to carry out the simplest of measures to protect the living standards of residents living close to this housing development.

PETER J WHITTAKER, Westward Road, Malvern.