The new entrance would improve the safety of staff, customers and locals, as it would mean deliveries would no longer need to be unloaded in the car park.
QD said this has “potential safety impacts” as the centre became more popular, so it wanted to use the purpose-built yard again.
Simon Bourne, 50, who lives close to the garden centre on the tree-lined street, said a team had “turned up in force” to cut down the trees on 25 September.
“There were so many people to make it happen fast, and security staff – and then they disappeared,” he said.
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