Ash Dieback disease in Hyndburn & Haslingden

I wrote to Hyndburn Borough and Rossendale Borough Council's this week on their assessment of Ash Chalara dieback disease and have received this quick and helpful reply from Hyndburn;

On the basis of the survey work completed so far, less than 5% of the trees in the Borough are Ash trees. We have not made an assessment of Ash Dieback in Hyndburn as we do not appear to have trees affected at the

Ash Tree's - The local impact of Ash disease?

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I have written to Hyndburn and Rossendale borough council's for an update on the impact the disease in Hyndburn and Rossendale and what information they had received from DEFRA officials.



I have specifically asked;


What assessment has been made of the impact of Ash disease locally?


How many Ash trees are there locally?