A LOCAL Councillor has helped plant trees in a woodland area of Wrose.

Earlier this year Bradford Council pledged to plant a tree for every household who switched to Direct Debit for their Council Tax payments. Over 4,500 people signed up, and the 4,500 trees will be planted across the Bradford District.

Councillor Vanda Greenwood (Lab, Windhill and Wrose) helped plant some of the trees at Dennison Wood on Wednesday morning.

The woodland is named after Arthur Dennison, the first soldier from Wrose to die in the First World War. Private Dennison was a wool sorter who lived on Westfield Lane, Wrose, and was killed in the Battle of Hill 60, in spring 1915 near Ypres. He was 36 when he was killed in action and left three children, the youngest only a few months old.

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This event also formed part of a programme of tree planting events that place across the district for National Tree Planting Week.

Martin Stubbs, Assistant Director for Revenues & Benefits, said: “We’re so pleased that our tree-planting campaign has been such a success. As well as saving the council precious funds in the long run, we’re giving a helping hand towards the future of our environment.

“As well as Direct Debit, why not go one step further and sign up to get your Council Tax bills by email, saving even more paper?”

Although the campaign is now over, any households still wanting to ‘do their bit’ can still sign up to pay by Direct Debit, as well as to get their Council Tax bill by email, on our website at www.bradford.gov.uk/directdebit