To chop down trees on site affords redeveloping (11)

I believe the answer is:

disafforest

'to chop down trees' is the definition.
(disafforest can mean to deforest)

'on site affords redeveloping' is the wordplay.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'redeveloping' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'redeveloped' mean this).
'site' after 'affords' is 'affordssite'.
'affordssite' is an anagram of 'DISAFFOREST'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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