Leicester Tree Strategy Review

The city council will:

• Ensure that the current level of tree canopy and tree numbers under the city council’s control are extended and the quality improved.
• Ensure trees under the council’s control are managed with the intention of resolving conflicts and problems in a rational, consistent an economic way - listening to the different views, taking them into account but ultimately taking responsibility for, sometimes difficult, decisions.
• Encourage other landowners to plant and manage their trees through advice, guidance and where necessary, the use of tree protection legislation.

It will also:

• Compensate adequately for the loss of significant trees in the landscape by planting more than one replacement - wherever practical at, or near, the location of the removed trees.
• Ensure that public realm infrastructure schemes that involve tree removal or tree planting will incorporate quality planting and design and that designers and lead agents liaise with the council at appropriate stages of planning, design and implementation.