We the undersigned petition the Council to implement a City-Wide Tree Protection Order (TPO) covering every urban tree in public places across the city, regardless of it's age or condition.
We demand that no tree be felled without strict criteria being met, which includes:
Transparent evidence supporting any request to fell. This would include a full ecology report conducted and made publicly available on demand.
Fully accessible to all, public consultation and majority consent of local residents within a post code sector (eg CV2 2 ).
The inclusion of a community representative in all decisions involving any proposed felling of any urban trees to ensure transparency and accountability.
That any proposed tree felling by Coventry City Council or external bodies funded by Coventry City Council must first be proposed by cross political party representation. No single Councillor can authorise or recommend any felling without having followed a full process and majority agreement from all councillors within that ward.
We simply can not afford to lose any more urban trees in
Coventry.
Our canopy cover is less than average for the West Midlands at
around 11%.
There isn't time to wait for the benefits of new trees in 50 years
time when those benefits already exist in our established mature
trees.
Developments, housing and transport infrastructure are moving at a
rapid rate at the expense of too many trees and green spaces.
For information/definition:
A Tree Protection Order (TPO) is a legal mechanism in the UK used
to protect specific trees, groups of trees, or woodlands that are
deemed to provide significant amenity or ecological value. A TPO
makes it illegal to cut down, top, lop, uproot, or otherwise damage
the tree(s) without prior consent from the local authority. The
purpose of a TPO is to ensure that these trees are preserved and
managed responsibly for the benefit of the community and
environment.
This ePetition runs from 10/12/2024 to 04/02/2025.
201 people have signed this ePetition.