infrastructure-delivery-dec13

SUSTAINABLE CITY PROGRAMME: URBAN WOODLAND AND TREES
What?
As part of the Woodland and Tree Management Plan, highway tree inspection and
works, woodland health and safety inspection, tree planting and woodland
inspection and works will take place.
Where?
Borough-wide
When?
By 2015
Why?
For all other deficient areas, gaps should be met by increasing the “naturalness” of
existing areas of formal open space (e.g. through woodland planting). Meeting
deficiencies as identified above will also go some way towards meeting the Natural
England Local Nature Reserve Standard, which highlights a shortfall of 181.5
hectares in Croydon. The Council and its partners will also maximise opportunities
for street tree planting to assist urban cooling in a changing climate.
to tree planting, over 500 replacement trees were planted during the winter of
2012/13 and over 700 trees were planted in existing parks and woodlands. A new
woodland has been created in Rowdown Field, New Addington, in partnership with
the Woodland Trust.
Risks:
Spread of pathogens and pests such as Ash Dieback and Oak Processionary
Moth.
Further reduction in budgets.
Mitigation:
Management of budget to allow the continuation of existing programmes.
Stakeholder Engagement Since March 2012:
No information available for this update.
Progress Since March 2012:
Maintenance work is carried out via various programmes and is on-going. In regards
Planned Provision
Lead
Partner
Delivery Partners/
Stakeholders
Delivery
Mechanism/
Funding Source
Cost (if
known)
Location 2011-
2015
2016-
2020
2021- Relationship to CLP Strategic
Policies: (3) Critical, (2)
Necessary, (1) Contributory
Woodland and Tree Management Plan: Highway tree
inspection and works, Woodland Health and Safety
Inspection, Tree planting, Woodland inspection and works.
LBC LBC LBC £690,000 Boroughwide
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