Jane Austen’s plates or the woods near her home? I know which I’d rather save | Martha Gill

Jane Austen sometimes used to walk there from nearby Chawton , Hampshire .

Campaigners are increasingly calling on literary heritage to defend areas.

Woodland Trust recently launched a campaign for trees to be granted similar heritage protection as old buildings.

But trees can be guarded only by fairly weak tree preservation orders, which can be overridden by planning permission.

The Lake District fells are imprinted with the legacy of Wordsworth , Coleridge , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter .

The UK was recently deemed one of Earth ’s most nature-depleted countries.

Historic England currently protects 500,000 buildings so stringently that it often causes problems for guardians of the structures.