The Tree Strategy for Newcastle upon Tyne is about how we will protect and care for Newcastle's trees, hedges and woodlands and how we hope to plant more trees, in suitable places, to help improve Newcastle's environment. The strategy has now been revised following our consultations during 2001.
The finished edition was approved by the Environment and Public Protection Select Committee on 13 May and by the Development Control Committee on 17 May 2002.
The Tree Strategy has also been adopted by Development Control Committee as Supplementary Planning Guidance. 
Introduction (pdf)
Part 1 - Revised Action Plan (pdf)
Part 2 - Tree Policy (pdf)
Part 3 - Tree Management Guidelines (pdf)
Part 4 - Contacts (pdf)
If you would like a copy of the Tree Strategy sent out, please contact:
Edwina Symmons, Landscape and Ecology Group, Planning & Transportation.
Phone : 0191 277 8950
E-mail : edwina.symmons@newcastle.gov.uk
Progress Report
Annual reports are prepared to chart and monitor our progress with Newcastle's Tree Strategy. Click here to read about progress in 2007/2008. (pdf 125kb)
Highway Trees Report July 2006
See the Related Files section on the right of this page for a copy of the Highway Trees Report for Oaklands / Moor Crescent area of Gosforth -July 2006 (pdf)
Highway Tree Design Guide May 2006
This design guide (also in the Related Files section) contains Newcastle Council's best practice detailsand specifications for planting new or replacement trees in streets, pavements and other paved areas and road verges. Anyone planting trees in adopted highway will need to use one of these details.
Page last updated: 16 March, 2012
