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Introduction
The Tree Forum was formed to bring together organisations interested in the management and maintenance of council trees in Bristol, including trees in our streets, parks and green spaces.
The aims of the Bristol Tree Forum are to:
- protect and enhance our urban trees in streets, parks, gardens and all open spaces
- encourage Bristol City Council to ensure the replacement of trees that have been (and continue to be) removed
- establish sufficient funding to ensure the retention of mature trees in our city and slow the present rate of felling
- establish sufficient funding for the planting of new urban trees
- stabilise the urban canopy
- cover work with Bristol City Council to plan for "climate proofing" our city in accordance with predicted urban temperature increases in the next 20 years
- argue for a formulaic approach to ensure that Bristol achieves a sustainable balance between the built form / hard surface and tree canopy cover
- provide a mechanism for open consultation on urban trees issues between local community groups, interested professional bodies and several Bristol City Council departments
If you wish to take part in the meetings or raise any issues then please contact Hugh Holden, Chairman of the Tree Forum - email clive.stevens@euronova.co.uk .Further details can be found in our Terms of reference (pdf, 97 KB).
Background information and meetings
The next meeting of the Bristol Tree Forum:
- 11th June 2012, 6.00-8.00pm at the Council House
Papers presented at this meeting:
- Ancient and Veteran Tree Action Plan (pdf, 99 KB)
- Comments Veteran Tree Habitat Plan (pdf, 62 KB)
- Tree Design Plan (pdf, 53 KB)
- Tree Design Plan Notes (pdf, 3.9 MB)
- Tree Design Plan Comments (pdf, 65 KB)
Documents from previous meetings:
Bristol Tree Forum 21 November 2011
- Minutes of Bristol Tree Forum 21 November 2011 (pdf, 124 KB)
- Ancient and Veteran Tree Management Plan (pdf, 60 KB)
- Tree Design Guide (pdf, 53 KB)
- Tree Design Guide Notes (pdf, 3.9 MB)
Bristol Tree Forum 6 September 2011
Bristol Tree Forum 4 April 2011
Bristol Tree Forum 10 January 2011
- Agenda and Minutes of Bristol Tree Forum 10 January 2011 (pdf, 125 KB)
- Process timetable for dealing with 211 Notices (notice to do works to trees in a conservation area) (pdf, 24 KB)
- Ancient and veteran tree habitat action plan (pdf, 116 KB)
- Redland and Cotham Conservation Area Plan (pdf, 53 KB)
- Tree planting design guide (pdf, 167 KB)
- Street tree planting design master plan - option 1 (pdf, 51 KB)
- Street tree planting design master plan - option 2 (pdf, 51 KB)
Tree canopy assessment
A project to map tree canopy cover across Bristol has now been completed to show that 14% of Bristol's land area is covered in trees and woodland. Tree canopy was defined as the outline of a tree's crown from a birds eye view perspective. Data is stored on the council's GIS software and relates to all land irrespective of ownership. It can be 'broken down' to identify tree canopy cover by area or other category (pdf, 16.9 MB). This has initially been done for the city's 14 Neighbourhood Partnership areas and shows a range cover from 9 to 20%. The council aspires to a 30% tree canopy coverage.
Forum members
- Alison Bromilow - Redland and Cotham Amenity Society
- Ben Barker - Greater Bedminster Partnership
- Clive Stevens - Tree Champion, Redland and Cotham Neighbourhood Partnership
- Grenville Johnson - Kensington Road Residents Association
- Guy Malkerson - Greater Bedminster Partnership
- Helen Phillips - Kingswood Conservation Society
- Hugh Holden - Civic Society / Parks Forum
- Jon Clark - Forest of Avon
- Josie Sadler - TreeBristol Officer, Bristol City Council
- Kevin Stuckey - University of Bristol
- Lee Pibworth - Malago Valley Conservation Group
- Cllr Lesley Alexander - Conservative Party Support Office, Bristol City Council
- Cllr Bev Knott - Liberal Democrat Support Office, Bristol City Council
- Lucy Rogers - Avon Wildlife Trust
- Michele Lavelle - Landscape Institute
- Pete Bullard - Tree Champion, Easton and Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Partnership
- Richard Bland - Clifton and Hotwells Improvements Society
- Richard Ennion - Parks Horticulture Manager, Bristol City Council
- Cllr Ron Stone - Labour Party Suppost Office, Bristol City Council
- Russell Horsey - Senior Arboricultural Officer, Bristol City Council
- Stephanie French - Tree Champion, Henleasze, Stoke Bishop and Westbury-on-Trym Neighbourhood Partnership
- Steve Hardiman - Place Shaping Team Manager, Bristol City Council
- Steve Mickelwright - Avon Wildlife Trust
- Tracey Edwards-Brown - Neighbourhood Renewal Facilitator, Bristol City Council
- Vassili Papastavrou - Bristol Street Trees
- Vicky Welchman - Design Projects Officer (City Design), Bristol City Council
Contact information
Bristol Parks
Brunel House
St George's Road
Bristol, BS1 5UY
Opening Hours
Monday to Thursday, 8.30am to 5pm
Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm
- Email: bristolparks@bristol.gov.uk
- Work: 0117 922 3719
