HEDGEROW VIEWS: A hedge-row removal notice had been received, for the internal hedge in the layby next to the proposed driving range. The parish council had already agreed that this section of old road should be stopped up. At the site meeting for the driving range, a representative of the highways department said it had not been officially stopped up, although included within the planned area. Parish councillors thought it unnecessary to remove the hedge for access to the land, as there was already road access, and it should remain on ecological grounds, as it was a very old hedge. Since plans for the driving range had been turned down, there was no reason for the hedge to be removed.