Toby Carvery to pay for orchard planting after causing outrage by felling 500-year-old oak

Restaurant chain took chainsaw to ancient oak tree in Enfield without permission

The UK restaurant chain Toby Carvery has settled a legal dispute over taking a chainsaw to an ancient oak tree without permission, by agreeing to pay to restore a lost orchard.

The unauthorised partial felling of the 500-year-old oak next to a Toby Carvery car park in Whitewebbs Park, Enfield, north London, in April last year, prompted widespread public outrage and questions in parliament.

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