Residents of properties backing onto The Fairways estate in Drouin have been devastated by the partial removal of a row of mature gum trees late last month.
The trees were removed in sections between a row of private properties that front onto Princes Way and the area that was once the practice range of the Drouin Golf Course, now stage three of The Fairways.
While some gums remain, numerous trees have been reduced to mulch.
Jill Harris, whose boundary was once lined with a dense row of trees, can now see the development going on behind her property.

She is "heartbroken" by the removal of the gums and wants the remainde