Oakham Town Council has accepted a gift of trees from Rutland County Council.

Oakham has been given a gift of between 12-18 substantial saplings from Rutland County Council that will be planted on Centenary Field.

Making the announcement to members of Oakham Town Council at their latest meeting, Cllr Phil Wildbore said Rutland County Council had confirmed their gift to provide up to 18 saplings in Centenary Field with the preferred location around the perimeter facing Lidl supermarket, and inset approximately three metres inside the post and rail perimeter fence.

He went on to add: "Planting would be scheduled for November 2023, subject to full council approval, and the tree-planting will likely be in the form of six groups of three trees.

"All the trees, for this year's planting, will be ordered by late September, and Rutland County Council have requested our confirmation of acceptance of this gift on a 'sooner the better' basis."

This comes after, in December 2022, Oakham Town Council rejected a proposal for a skatepark that had provoked controversy on social media and at council meetings.

Members of the full council voted unanimously to accept the gift of trees from Rutland County Council and agreed that any necessary watering of these new trees will be evaluated by Coun Wildbore once the final tree species are known.