A request for trees situated alongside Tenby's historic town walls to be pruned has split opinions amongst town councillors. Speaking at Tuesday night's meeting of the town council, Clr. Mrs. Caroline Thomas told her colleagues that a lot of people had commented on the trees recently. "The trees have become very overwhelming, they look dangerous and are in need of drastic pruning," she stated. "I know some people would like to see all of the trees removed, some like to see some of them removed and some people not any at all! But for me they obscure too much of the town walls and take away light too," continued Clr. Mrs. Thomas. Clr. Will Rossiter said he "completely disagreed" and suggested that he would chain himself to the trees should anyone try and cut them down. "They provide much needed shade. You can see plenty of the town walls from the Five Arches all the way to The Esplanade anyway," he said, with his colleague Clr. Trevor Hallett agreeing. "They're part of our lifeblood, no trees... no oxygen. The trees have more of a right to be there than we have!" he remarked. The town clerk, Mr. Andrew Davies, said that the matter was raised recently at the 'regeneration meeting' when a couple of questions were put to Pembrokeshire County Council. "The trees were last done about eight years ago, and it was felt by the county council's response at the regeneration discussions that they aren't causing any problems as many people perceive them to be," he explained. Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter suggested that all that was needed was a small amount of pruning work as she didn't want to see any damage caused to the town walls which formed the heritage of Tenby, whilst Clr. Mrs. Trisha Putwain said that the trees should be left alone as they provided oxygen and shade, and the South Parade would look horrible without them. Councillors voted on the matter, with the majority agreeing that the trees needed some amount of pruning work to be undertaken.