A COMPANY which was slammed by nearby residents for cutting down trees which left them exposed to noise and light pollution has apologised and vowed to replant them. 

Earlier this year, The Leader reported that around 20 trees on land belonging to F Lloyd Ltd on Wrexham Industrial Estate in the Pentre Maelor area were cut down, leaving residents in an estate across the road from it staring out of their windows at a huge warehouse. 

Wrexham Council had launched an investigation after an alleged planning breach. Former local councillor and resident Ray Squire said the trees were planted as part of a planning condition when F Lloyd built an industrial unit which spans hundreds of metres in length, and 60 feet in height.

Now, the company is re-doing the landscaping and has apologised to residents living nearby. 

An F Lloyd spokesperson said: "We, of course, take very seriously our neighbours, and we are sorry that this has caused this problem in the short term.

"When Tim Knowles (owner and director the business) found out about this, he wanted to meet all of the neighbours, as it’s clear that they were upset by the visual impact. He wanted to apologise personally and arranged to do so because he is a people’s person. It was Tim, and only Tim that wanted to do this, and he will also meet them again to make sure all of the landscaping is being done (which is to the neighbour’s specification, which is better than the original landscaping) because he cares about his neighbours.

"It will alleviate the acoustics on the road and there will be no visual impact all year round as we are planting evergreens."

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They added: "Tim said it was a privilege to meet all of the neighbours who came to F Lloyd. He said that they were really nice people that had valid concerns about the noise on the road.

"We intend to work in collaboration with the neighbours to arrange more acoustic planting on land that we don’t own along that road, (with permission of the landowners and we will pay for it) which will further alleviate the noise on that road."

Mr Squire said: "When the job is done we'll be very happy, myself and our neighbours are pleased it will be going back to how it was like before.

"They say they are planting a number of mature trees which will minimise the light and noise pollution. I think the campaign by local residents made them think twice, and it's pleasing that residents have been listened to. It shows that the little man can sometimes prevail."