Question 15. Do you agree that we should aim to increase tree cover across the area?
Yes, we agree that tree cover should be increased. Land south of St Neots Road Eltisely has the potential to provide additional tree planting and in doing so, can create a significant landscape buffer around the western edge of the settlement, rounding the village off within the already established natural edge that is formed by the B1040.
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• We should aim to increase tree cover by planting trees in a way that complements cycling, creating safe, attractive and tree-lined routes. • Cycleways separated from car lanes by trees or shrubbery are ideal and I would support more of this.
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Yes. It is noted that the existing adopted Tree Strategy is focussed on the protection and management of existing trees and will need to be updated. It is also noted that the Councils are actively promoting small local initiatives to plant additional trees, which is laudable, but is a limited approach and mostly involves public land. It is suggested that significant increases in tree cover is more likely to occur in conjunction with new strategic developments, which requires suitable sites being allocated in emerging GCLP. The promoted development at South West Cambridge would retain the existing trees and hedgerows on the site, and would provide additional hedgerows and woodland planting, street trees, and a new community orchard including fruit trees.
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• We should aim to increase tree cover by planting trees in a way that complements cycling, creating safe, attractive and tree-lined routes. • Cycleways separated from car lanes by trees or shrubbery are ideal and I would support more of this.
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I cannot state this strongly enough, particular in areas where there are busy roads polluting the air we are all breathing
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Replace old tree belts and hedges. Good for landscape and reducing flooding, as well as wildlife.
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As carbon sinks, mitigation of high temperatures and high winds, and because they improve the quality of the environment. They should be used in conjunction with cycleways, as with the proposal to plant on Parker's Piece, to reduce exposure of cyclists to high winds.
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• We should aim to increase tree cover by planting trees in a way that complements cycling and walking, creating safe, attractive and tree-lined routes. • Cycleways separated from car lanes by trees or shrubbery are ideal and supported by local communities.
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A recent informal survey of people largely living in the Parker's Piece area of Cambridge City showed that at least 93% of people who completed the survey would like to see more trees planted on Parker's Piece. Results of the survey and the many comments about planting trees in this iconic space are in the attached document and indicate the extent to which people are keen to have more trees.
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• We should aim to increase tree cover by planting trees in a way that complements cycling, creating safe, attractive and tree-lined routes. • Cycleways separated from car lanes by trees or shrubbery are ideal and Camcycle would support more of this.
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We could aim to increase tree cover by planting trees in a way that complements cycling, creating safe, attractive and tree-lined routes.
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Tree selections need to be resilient against climate change. New urban extensions need to include woods of decent scale (minimum one hectare) capable of sheltering wildlife, not small isolated clumps.
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Each hardwood tree can store about 1 tonne of CO2 over a span of 40 years, and each person emits an average of 5 tonnes of CO2 per year, so to offset the emissions from a 900,000 population of Cambridgeshire over the next 20 years we need to plant 180 million trees. This requires 90,000 ha of land, about 27% of the entire land area of Cambridgeshire. Good luck with that. Growing trees is useful for all sorts of reasons, especially encouraging wildlife diversity and wellbeing, but getting to zero CO2 emissions also requires major investments in sustainable energy schemes and local food production.
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Unfortunately we already unsustainable in water. Last autumn many trees died due to lack of water. We are over abstracting so ground water levels fell out of reach for many trees. Silver birches and cherries have short roots so suffer first. Some trees like Rowan and Maple like colder and wetter climate.
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Yes but there is nothing worse that tree pepper-potting. Look at Les King Wood in Cottenham for a good example of what increasing tree cover in a village-edge environment should look like in terms of creating a valuable amenity comprising pathways and interest.
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Yes. This could be at both individual site development level and on a more strategic basis i.e. creation of major new woodlands. Potentially, biodiversity net gain can be achieved for smaller developments through proportionate financial contributions to such objectives.
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The Trumpington Residents’ Association 'strongly agrees'? Its contribution to all four of the proposed themes is vital. We are concerned that the issue is not just tree planting but proper care so that the trees survive; the loss of newly planted trees has been unnecessarily high in many developments. There are opportunities for more planting in existing open spaces, including where trees have been unsuccessful, such as along Addenbrooke's Road. The Councils should continue to invest in planting and caring for trees along road verges.
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• The most important reason for significantly increasing tree cover in Greater Cambridge is the long-term sequestration of CO2, although other important benefits include biodiversity gain, improvements to air quality, quality of life, and in some areas, flood alleviation. New woodlands should not be isolated blocks, but should be located where they can relate and connect to existing woodland or other biodiverse sites to reinforce the green space network. • Tree planting should not take place on the few remaining areas of natural or semi-improved grassland. Meadows are important for a diverse range of flora and fauna, and are very effective in fixing carbon through underground storage. New meadows should be encouraged. Larger areas of new tree cover should incorporate glades or clearings to allow light into the woodland floor which will greatly increase biodiversity. A degree of natural wilding will also be hugely beneficial together with a range of native and wildlife friendly species. • Public funds will need to be expended to convert agricultural land, and farmers need to be encouraged to take on the stewardship of the land for environmental purposes. The loss of some crops will be acceptable as more people reduce their meat and dairy consumption.
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Savills (UK) Ltd are instructed by St John’s College, Cambridge to make the necessary submissions to the Council’s consultation “The First Conversation” as part of the Issues and Options consultation process for a new Greater Cambridge Local Plan. The College is a significant landowner in and around Cambridge and accordingly needs to make the necessary representations to the Councils in respect of its assets and on other relevant planning policy issues that will arise in the context of any new development plan for the two administrative areas of South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City. This is a policy that, in principle, the College would support. Tree planting and management is a core part of the Colleges’ Backs Landscape Strategy. The College is also seeking to develop a long-range tree management plan within its own grounds.
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Growing forests outside Cambridge v much more important that a few trees in Cambridge
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Yes, obviously, massively. And it needs to be mixed native species randomly jumbled together, with good scrubby ground cover habitat underneath. Not commercial straight-line plantations. And not "offsetting" pollution. Pollution and trees don't just cancel each other out and it's fine. We need to stop polluting AND plant trees.
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