National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Tree Felling
(asked on 14th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many existing large trees would have to be felled to make way for the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 20th July 2023
Page 66 of the Design and Access Statement Part 1, which was submitted to the public inquiry and is available on the Westminster City Council website, shows that the memorial will be 10 metres high; and lower than the Buxton Memorial, which is 13.5 metres high, westminster.gov.uk.
No existing large trees will have to be felled to make way for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.