I have had a lot of queries about street trees following my post on trees in Kilburn. Street tree planting is more complicated than it might seem, as I suggested here.
The scheme I was referring to was ward working, which gives local councillors a small budget to deal with local community needs. The simplest way to raise this as an issue is probably a direct approach to your local councillors. Their details are here. They can then liaise with their local ward working officer to see if there are areas in the ward that they want to plant more trees in. The actual decision whether or not to do so rests with the ward councillors.
Possible sources of funding include ward working funds, TfL funds and planning gain.
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Thanks James
More information about how local residents and business owners can be an advocate and help organise tree planting in our neighbourhoods is really helpful. While I know tree planting can be challenging, it would be so good if Brent developed a facilitator of this process and could partner with people who want to help make this happen. It creates a win-win for Brent and the people who live and work here. I live in the BEST area and have benefited from local efforts to get trees and streetscape developed. I also understand that it took a number of years to make that happen which would be a deterrent for many.
Charles
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