Policy information sourced from Redington Neighbourhood Plan
BGI 2 Tree Planting and Preservation
- Trees should be retained and incorporated in any development. Where felling is required, on grounds of safety or because it is an invasive species, supported by a suitably qualified expert, one or more trees should be planted in replacement, unless it can be demonstrated to the Council’s satisfaction that replacement planting is not appropriate.
- For redevelopment, landscaping proposals should include tree planting, with species selected on the basis of local character, high biodiversity value and / or high value to insects.
- Development should protect trees that are important to biodiversity, rear garden tree corridors, local character and / or the Conservation Area.
- Development should seek opportunities to create, strengthen and restore tree lines and biodiversity corridors, reducing the incidents of breaks and the length of gaps.
- Veteran trees must be fully protected during construction. The required minimum buffer zone for veteran trees is 15 times larger than the stem diameter of a veteran tree when measured 1.5 metres above ground level, or 5m from the edge of its canopy, if that’s greater. Deadwood is to be retained where possible. Canopy reduction to will only be acceptable if the root system of a large maturing tree has substantial decay, making it potentially hazardous, or if it is proven to be causing subsidence. The tree root protection zone radius required for non-veteran trees is 12 times the stem diameter measured at breast height and capped at a radius of 15 metres.
For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan