‘Deeply troubling’ plans to chop down 500 trees to expand a bottled water factory have been rejected by councillors following a high-profile campaign to save the woodlands fronted by Dame Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley.
Harrogate Spring Water (HSW) had proposed to expand its existing facility in the town, but it would have meant the removal of hundreds of trees at a site called Rotary Wood, which was planted by children 20 years ago.
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