Functional

Landscapes

13th November 2014

Martin Kelly

Chair Trees and Design Action Group

Director Land Planning

Capita

RTPI CPD Event

Delivering the Urban Tree Agenda

1. Integrated solutions to the urban realm

2. Congruent Policies and Tree Strategies

3. Evidence based understanding and research

4. Education and Public Awareness

5. Value (Economic, environmental and social), Funding and Revenue

6. 3-Dimentional London – Underground/ ground/upper level

7. Trees live more than the 30 year development cycle

8. Density

9. Public realm management and funding for aftercare and maintenance

10. Townscape

10 Point Action Plan

Urban Heat

Island Effect

Climate

Change

Biodiversity Townscape

Character

Place Making

/Amenity

Value

Health &

Wellbeing

Cultural

Heritage

Publications: GI Case Study

Mayor of London’s Replacement London Plan

7.54 The Mayor has published the Tree and Woodland Framework that promotes the guiding principle of right

place, right tree, taking account of the context within which a tree is to be planted and addressing the issue of planting species appropriate to expected future climates. Boroughs should take this advice and the emerging work of the Tree

and Design Action group into account in producing LDF policies and determining planning applications.

Available at

www.tdag.org.uk

Endorse at

www.tdag.org.uk/endorse-

trees-in-the-townscape.html

Birmingham Forest &

associated Tree Bond

Principle 3/ Embed into Policy and

Other Plans

Objective

Adopt clear standards for the

protection, care and planting of trees in

the local plan and key corporate policy

and investment documents.

Benefit

Ensures high level buy-in for tree-

related issues, which may ease access

to resources for trees.

Sefton’s tree planting

standard Policy DQ3

Principle 3/ Embed into Policy and

Other Plans

Objective

Adopt clear standards for the

protection, care and planting of trees

in the local plan and key corporate

policy and investment documents

Benefit

Contributes to ensuring positive

environmental outcomes from new

developments.

Bristol Greater Bus

Network

Principle 6/ Seek Multiple Benefits

Objective

Harvest the full range of benefits that

trees can deliver as part of a local

green infrastructure system, focusing

on key local aspirations.

Benefit

Enhances return on investment in

capital and revenue expenditure spent

on trees.

Trees

in Hard

Landscapes

A Guide for Delivery

Quick tour

Section breaks

Action-oriented briefs

Checklists to recap

Case studies

Case studies finder p154-155

Visualising solutions

References

Can’t find it? -> Index!

Collaboration!

enables Change

Functional

Landscapes

13th November 2014

Martin Kelly

Chair Trees and Design Action Group

Director Land Planning

Capita

RTPI CPD Event

Delivering the Urban Tree Agenda