P-05-824 Newtown Brimmon Oak Bypass - Correspondence from the Petitioner to the Committee, 23.01.19

Dear Mr Rowland's

Disappointed to read Adrian Jervis response to naming the bypass ...Newtown Brinmmon Oak Bypass ,but not surprised ,back in 2015 I applied to the same council to put a TPO on the tree but was refused this protection ,the tree then was crowned Welsh tree of the year in 2016 and in the same year was crowned UK Tree Of The Year and in 2017 was runner up for European Tree of the year and is now recognized in the top list of most important trees in the UK recently. We the family have a letter from Her Majesty the Queen thanking our family on saving the magnificent Brimmon Oak Tree and being involved in the protection and conservation of ancient trees in this country .I appreciate it would be a brave decision to name a road after a tree and you would put Wales on the map for that decision just like the tree has. I have also attached a photo of The Brimmon Oak, can you please show the committee.

Kind Regards

Mervyn Jones