Bristol Tree Forum: Vassili Papastavrou & John Tarlton on St Mary le Port & Yew Tree Farm etc. Feb24

John Tarlton and Vassili Papastavron, from Bristol Tree Forum, join Tony and Martin. How mature trees are often cut down by developers. St. Mary le Port planned development - 10 mature trees to go. Design can be made to incorporate trees. Carbon offsetting. Benefits of trees in cities. Nefarious activity in planning groups. Bristol Tree Officer report for St. Mary le Port development was suppressed. Allotment campaign - trees.

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Yew Tree Farm destroyed to make way for potential housing. Fury at cutting of ancient hedge near Yew Tree Farm as Wildlife Trust calls for dormice protection One planning chair described it as 'outrageous wanton vindictive damage' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More infoWildlife experts have called for a stop to any more damage to the fields around Yew Tree Farm after a dramatic 24 hours in the fight to save Bristol’s last working farm. On Wednesday night, Avon Wildlife Trust issued a lengthy statement calling on Bristol City Council to pause its work to extend the South Bristol Crematorium and cemetery onto fields that have been part of Yew Tree Farm, because of the discovery of dormice living - a legally protected species - in the hedgerows and fields. But then on Thursday morning, contractors arrived to drastically trim back the ancient hedgerow bordering the large meadow where the dormice have been found, prompting fury from environmentalists and supporters of Catherine Withers, who farms the land at Yew Tree Farm. The scenes of contractors with hedge-trimmers, flails and cutters stripping back the ancient hedgerow was documented on social media by local campaigner Danica Priest, and described by one of the council’s planning committee chairs, Cllr Ani Stafford-Townsend as ‘outrageous wanton vindictive damage’.

Trees of Bristol website. Tree champions are active in a range of activities in support of our precious urban trees. Becoming and Being a Tree Champion Knowing our Trees. Knowing our local trees and knowing what they need to thrive, and helping others in our communities to know and appreciate their trees develops the sense of a 'City of Trees'. The Trees of Bristol website was developed with the aim of providing a 'virtual arboretum' with which we can identify our local trees, find examples of a species of interest and visit our most important and iconic trees. Our Trees Of Bristol site provides a number of ways to find and identify trees: By selecting a specific park, greenspace or street and viewing the map of the trees there. By selecting the species of the tree and viewing the map of the trees there. By browsing the map of all our registered Bristol's trees (not just BCC trees) . This site also provides: Locations, photos and data on trees in the public domain in Bristol. Information on the species of our trees. Boundaries and data on greenspaces, allotments and many other kinds of sites in Bristol. Our own planning portal which provides an enhanced view of selceted planning applications. Calculators to assess the value of mature trees and the age of a tree given its girth. Tree trails, animations of the change over toime of some sites, mapped data on wards and tree canopy.

Tree Forum website. Our terms of reference are: protect and enhance our urban trees in streets, parks, gardens and all open spaces. encourage Bristol City Council (BCC) to ensure the replacement of trees that have been (and continue to be) removed. identify and access funding to ensure the retention of mature trees in our city and slow the present rate of felling. identify and access funding for the planting of new and replacement urban trees. stabilise then increase the urban canopy cover in line with the One City Plan to double tree canopy cover by 2046. work with BCC to plan for “climate proofing” our city in accordance with predicted urban temperature increases in the 21st century. argue for a fact-based 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 BCC Departments. promote greater understanding of the amenity value of trees and stay up-to-date with current thinking, policy and research.