The decision to cut down the willow and 15 smaller trees in a Hornsey park was strongly criticised.
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceChris Arnold, chair of the Friends of Stationers Park, said he was stepping down following anger over Haringey Council's decision to fell a large willow and 15 smaller trees last month.
Following his inspection, Prof Duckett wrote in a report that he strongly disagreed with the reasons given for the felling, saying that "one of the best trees in the park has been felled on the flimsiest of grounds".Haringey Tree Protectors criticised what it claimed were the council's "poor communications and transparency" around the felling.
He added: "It sits opposite a primary school and the park area that is well used, so if it fell, we'd have serious casualties and possible deaths."Commenting on the decision to fell the willow, Haringey Council's deputy leader Mike Hakata said the tree "was showing serious defects and urgent work was needed to prevent it collapsing", with "visible decay" and "large, vertical cracks" making it "unstable and hazardous".
The felling came shortly after the council, government and Lawn Tennis Association announced a joint investment of almost £447,000 to renovate tennis courts at five sites in the borough.
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