Policy information sourced from Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Plan
ES2 Trees
Protect and increase the number of healthy trees that contribute to the character of the Area, individual streetscapes and green spaces, by ensuring that development:
- retains significant trees which have townscape, ecological, amenity, or cultural value and provides for their care and maintenance during development works in line with BS5837:2012. If a tree is dead or dangerous and requires removal, appropriate replacement trees capable of providing at least equal townscape, amenity, ecological, or cultural value are to be planted as close as practicable to the location of the tree that has been removed;
- where trees are proposed for removal in cases not covered by policy ES2(a), makes provision for a comprehensive landscaping scheme that includes the planting of new trees sufficient to mitigate the resulting loss of visual amenity and to replace the canopy cover provided by those trees proposed for removal. Such trees are to be planted as close as practicable to the location of the trees proposed for removal;
- makes provision for the appropriate planting of additional trees, where there are opportunities within the site to do so; and
- makes provision for the selection of species of new and replacement trees that will maintain and increase the diversity of the trees in the Area.
For more information please see the Neighbourhood Plan