Developers will commit “environmental vandalism” by felling trees to make space for a wetland on a new housing estate, say concerned councillors. Mulberry Homes and GSE have been given detailed planning permission for the first 144 properties on the former Ashford International Truckstop site on Waterbrook Park. But the scheme will result in the loss of 3.6 acres of woodland in the south-west corner of the site to allow for the wetland to be built. Developers say the area will help mitigate nitrate pollution as any new scheme within the River Stour’s catchment area must show ‘nutrient neutrali…