Comment

Representation ID: 14846

Received: 10/10/2021

Respondent: Alison Wilkes

Policy EN4
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Comment: Tree planting may not be the most ecologically appropriate form of habitat creation for a location - the choice should be informed by survey work and by landscape scale planning. It should also be noted that 'tree planting' is not the same as woodland creation: once (appropriate) trees have been planted, it takes years of further monitoring, maintenance and additional work to create something approaching a woodland.

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Comment: The inclusion of planting of large-canopied street trees should go further and encourage the planting of new street trees in existing residential and employment areas. My own area has no street trees in the part of the estate where I live and recently, a number of trees in the gardens of houses have been felled, with the loss of this resource to the entire street and estate.

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Comment: A caveat that tree planting will not be required where it would damage or lead to the loss of existing habitats of value should be added. Tree planting may not be the most ecologically appropriate form of habitat creation for a location.

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Comment: Replacement hedgerows should be of an appropriate diverse mix of locally sourced native species and include an appropriate buffer. A resourced maintenance and management programme, undertaken with conservation management aims should be required. This should include the replacement of trees that fail within a specified period by plants of a suitable size, species and quality. It should also include consideration of field layer species and appropriate management of the edge/buffer.

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Comment: The protection of hedgerows should include a buffer of 50m.

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Comment: Creation of new hedgerows should be of an appropriate diverse mix of locally sourced native species and include an appropriate buffer. A resourced maintenance and management programme, undertaken with conservation management aims should be required. This should include the replacement of trees that fail within a specified period by plants of a suitable size, species and quality. It should also include consideration of field layer species and appropriate management of the edge/buffer.