Tree trouble

WE ARE all aware that Aldi in Monbulk is opening on Wednesday 3 December. The store should have opened in August but Aldi was forced to take council to VCAT to remove unacceptable planning restrictions in relation to one Jacaranda tree branch overhanging the building. This is obvious now that there is a section of verandah missing from the building.
There was a lot of hoo-ha about one small branch. When the streetscape was being designed I made a submission that none of the existing Jacaranda should be removed. I was told that these were outside the design scope and would not be touched.
The Jacaranda tree in the nature strip on the west side of the entrance to the top car park has been cut down.
If you cannot believe what council planning staff tell who can you believe and of course the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
Bruce Johnson,
Monbulk.