Yes

ID sylw: 101904

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bishop's Tachbrook Parish Council

Strongly in agreement. One hopes this is taken into account when selecting housing sites to be included in the SWLP

Yes

ID sylw: 101990

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs AMANDA VENABLES

Retention of existing trees and enhancement of tree cover is very important for nature recovery and for wellbeing so I totally agree with this policy direction.

Yes

ID sylw: 102017

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Simon Walkden

Maintaining and improving trees, hedges and woodland is essential

Other

ID sylw: 102034

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Heart of England Forest

As an organisation that is actively engaged in the process of creating new native woodland and associated habitats we would hope and expect to see an ambitious tree planting plan with targets formally set out in a tree canopy cover assessment report.

The ecological value of a tree can still be highly significant even if the tree is dead or dying therefore the blanket approach for removal as stated within the proposed policy must be nuanced and approached on a case-by-case basis.

Yes

ID sylw: 102105

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Anne Page

I'll believe it when I see it!

Other

ID sylw: 102242

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: IM Land 1 Limited

Asiant : Turley

87. The presumption in favour of retaining trees is supported by IM Land.
88. There may be an instance outside agricultural reasoning where a tree needs to be removed to provide a specific requirement of development, such as to facilitate an access. The loss of trees with regards to the planning application is also a matter of planning judgement as part of the overall planning balance. Policy wording should be updated to reflect this.

Other

ID sylw: 102422

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Philip Alton

There is no evidence that the Council pursues this policy - witness the destruction of trees at Hatton Park and the destruction of hedgerows at Union View. The Council needs to win back the trust of residents and to reset its relationship with developers.

Other

ID sylw: 102462

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Taylor Wimpey Strategic Land

Asiant : Turley

Comment relates to amendments to policy wording

Yes

ID sylw: 102601

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Sue Cole

I support this.

No

ID sylw: 102636

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Carl Barthorpe

Fields near trees and woodland are needed also, birds, deer etc need places to feed, fly and roam. Not to be hemmed in by roads and noise.

Yes

ID sylw: 102748

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Phoebe Withnall

I agree broadly with this strategy.

No

ID sylw: 102809

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: The Ragley Estate

Asiant : Stansgate Planning

This Draft Policy Direction states that development will be expected to increase tree canopy cover, supported by a tree canopy assessment, with further guidance to be developed. No justification has been provided for including this within policy, nor has any information been provided regarding how such a policy would function in practice. There are no other examples of adopted Local Plan
policies requiring an increase in tree canopies, and the matter is not covered by national planning guidance. This requirement may harm viability, cause longer lead-in times and the uncertainty could delay the deliverability of sites. Sites with many existing trees (and canopies) will be treated different to sites with few or no trees. Sites with native trees will be treated differently to sites with non-native trees. More tree canopy is not necessarily beneficial or necessary. More over shading could harm residential amenity. This Policy Direction should be deleted from the Plan.

Yes

ID sylw: 103015

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr David Bailey

I agree.

Other

ID sylw: 103097

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Andrew Close

Figure 20 is unclear (fuzzy) and can’t be used to define this policy. This may impact on the plan’s soundness?

Yes

ID sylw: 103450

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Alisha Johnson

Very supportive of retaining existing trees, especially old ones!

Yes

ID sylw: 103598

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Jenny Stevens

Please view the hedgerows as important as the trees

Other

ID sylw: 103686

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Laura Nicholas

I do not agree with the use of green belt sites being used for delevelopment. Green spaces are vital for the environment, human wellbeing, natural resources, exercise, fresh air. Increasingly in Cubbington and around Leamington our green spaces are becoming fewer and this can only have a negative impact in the years to come. Green belt should be left alone and removed from development plans. We must protect our parks, trees, green spaces and waterways.

Yes

ID sylw: 103777

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Deborah Carter

By prioritising sustainable, non-Green Belt sites, housing can be delivered responsibly—without destroying the countryside, harming biodiversity, or overwhelming local services.

Other

ID sylw: 103845

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Claire Jones

Dead and dying trees are a necessary part of the ecosystem. How do you not know this?

Yes

ID sylw: 103889

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: H Crook

so important.
trees and hedgerows take multiple decades to support wildlife, so are not easily replaced - it is not like for like replanting.
climate change makes it harder for young trees and hedgerows to survive.
Watering new trees and hedgerows will be needed, with water scarcity in the fitter with climate change will impact new plantings so need to keep older trees and hedgerows

Yes

ID sylw: 103988

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Amarjit Gill

This is important to protect our local environment

No

ID sylw: 104018

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Camille Newton

Wording needs to be refined as dead, dying trees often support wildlife and fungi so they should only be removed when necessary for health and safety reasons. There needs to be a target for more tree cover, in line with other local authorities, though it is important that tree planting is not carried out across other important habitats eg semi-improved, unimproved grasslands. Trees and hedges on site need to be protected by an area of buffering as well.

Yes

ID sylw: 104102

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Margaret Halligan

Agree

No

ID sylw: 104169

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Clare Kimpton

There seems to be no tree canopy target just a desire to increase which can easily be disregarded by developers

No

ID sylw: 104282

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Stephen Norrie

Trees need to be valued on the basis of their carbon sequestration and storage, and not just their ‘amenity, historic or ecological value’. Existing woodland should be valued, regardless of whether it is non-native or given a ‘poor’ biodiversity rating – something which happens shockingly often. We are in a climate emergency, and cannot afford to lose existing carbon sinks, or the carbon emissions released by their destruction. This policy should make it impossible for whole woods (as opposed to isolated trees) to be cut down for the purpose of development, as has happened in the development at Mappleborough Green.

Yes

ID sylw: 104467

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: South Warwickshire Foundation trust

We agree and support this approach

Yes

ID sylw: 104676

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mrs Ruth McCormack

n/a

Yes

ID sylw: 104701

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr Neal Appleton

Need more focus on hedgerow.

Yes

ID sylw: 104869

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Miss Ann Colley

agree, but trees that are native to the area are to be planted.

Other

ID sylw: 104878

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Dr Susan Hood

Targets should be set for e.g. tree canopy. Need to be more ambitious.