Friends of Poynton Pool is a group of local residents who came together in October 2022 due to a shared appreciation of Poynton Park, its trees and its wildlife. We give our time freely with the aim of finding an environmentally friendly, alternative solution, to replace the proposal put forward by Cheshire East Council to improve the spillway at Poynton Pool (planning application reference 23/4152M). 

The Council’s own planning officer stated in his committee report: “the 78 individual trees to be removed undoubtedly provide a significant contribution to the amenity, biodiversity, landscape and historic character of the surrounding area” and that this proposal will be a “brutal intervention”, and “significantly harmful.”

If you would like to support this campaign to help save our trees at Poynton Pool there are a number of things you can do:

1. Send an email or letter to Cheshire East Council leaders asking them to set up a collaborative meeting with our technical experts as proposed at their Strategic Planning Board on 24 April 2024.  See here  for more information.
2. Donate money via Donate – Friends of Poynton Pool to help pay for legal fees and our day to day running expenses (e.g. legal advice and letters, this website, printing, postage). 
3. Email us on friendsofpoyntonpool@gmail.com if you would like to join our group of volunteers who help out on an ad hoc basis with activities such as leaflet posting and signature collection.

Thank you on behalf of Friends of Poynton Pool