Trees and Woodland Strategy Engagement
This engagement has now closed.
The Council is preparing a Tree and Woodland Strategy to provide a clear direction for the future management of all trees in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP). To help us do this, we asked people who live, work and/or visit the BCP area for their views on the benefits, threats, challenges and future priorities for trees in the conurbation.
Have Your Say
The feedback received has been used to help inform the vision, priorities and actions featured in the forthcoming Urban Forest Strategy.
We asked respondents to give us their views by completing an online survey. They could also drop pins, add comments and/or post images about any ideas they about:
- New planting
- Enhancing existing trees and woodlands in the BCP conurbation
The engagement closed on Monday 2 January 2023. The engagement report is available that has fed into the draft Urban Forest Strategy, which is being consulted on from 14 August to 24 September 2023.
Map 1 - New planting
New planting
Please use the map to tell us where you would like to see new planting in the BCP conurbation. Zoom to the location(s) where you would like to propose some interventions and drop a pin by dragging it over to the relevant area of the map. Please use the comments box to tell us about your proposal.
Please tell us:
- What type of planting you have in mind (e.g., street trees, individual trees in parks, orchards, woodland etc)
- What benefits the planting would need to provide (e.g., cool temperatures/shade, reduce local flooding, provide protection against noise/pollution from cars, beautify the area etc)
- Who, in your opinion, should be involved for the planting to be successful (e.g., a particular local institution – like a school, a community group, a business, a landowner)
In addition to commenting on the map, please also give us your views on the questions in the main online survey.
Map 2 - Enhancements to how existing trees or woodlands are integrated into the BCP conurbation
Enhancements to how existing trees or woodlands are integrated into the BCP conurbation
Please use the map to tell us where you would like to see enhancements to how existing trees or woodlands are integrated to our conurbation. Zoom to the location(s) where you would like to propose some interventions and drop a pin by dragging it over to the relevant area of the map. Please use the comments box to tell us about your proposal.
Please tell us:
- Which trees you think needs to be targeted
- What enhancements you are proposing and why you think it is important (e.g., to improve public access, growing conditions, signage, community involvement in management etc)
- Who you believe needs to be involved for such enhancements to happen and be long-lasting
In addition to commenting on the map, please also give us your views on the questions in the main online survey.
