- Utilise tree planting to enhance the setting of residential areas, creating tree lined streets where possible. Sufficient consideration should be given to species selection, ultimate canopy size and maintenance requirements to promote long-term establishment and reduce interference with buildings and services (e.g. telegraph lines / lighting columns).
- Prioritise tree planting in areas with the least site constraints, such as larger areas of amenity grassland and verges, including areas with minimal recreational value due to slope / small size etc.
- Avoid proposals which conflict with private vehicular access points on residential streets.
- Tree planting proposals should avoid obstruction of highways and Public Rights of Way (PRoW) within the residential context.
- Incorporate tree planting across social housing sites, integrating well-spaced parkland trees where space allows. Ensure sightlines are maintained for safety. Avoid creating areas of dense planting that may encourage antisocial behaviour, prioritising well-spaced high canopy trees, or narrow fastigiate species. Consult with, and engage, nearby residents throughout the process to increase the likelihood of long term success. Ensure sufficient space between tree planting and residential dwellings to maintain views and access to light.
- Enhance tree canopy cover within parks and open spaces as a priority and key opportunity for incorporating larger trees in the urban context.
Haverfordwest Tree Planting Zones and Sub-Principles
Tree Planting Zones and Sub-Principles for Haverfordwest are shown on the map and drop down list below. Click on the headings to expand.
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Haverfordwest Strategic Tree Planting Zones
Zones and Sub-Principles
Land encompassed within Haverfordwest Conservation Area includes the spaces between buildings and existing trees within the designation. PCC should therefore be contacted prior to the commencement of works on existing trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) or those located within the boundary of Haverfordwest Conservation Area.
- Use tree planting to buffer and screen busy route corridors, industry and commercial buildings, utilising roadside verges for avenues or small groups of trees where appropriate. Where possible, incorporate trees within Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems or swales to reduce surface water run-off from roads and help enhance the quality of adjacent water courses.
- Use tree planting to mark key entrance points into the Haverfordwest. Prioritise the use of species with aesthetic quality such as spring blossom at key gateway areas.
- Ensure replacement planting of existing trees (e.g. at roundabouts) is an ongoing requirement, to maintain or increase canopy cover.
- Implement positive management and protection of adjacent existing woodland (e.g. Scotchwell Woodland) as a key asset; providing multiple environmental benefits and visual screening of the road.
- Enhance the interface between the fringes of the urban area and the surrounding rural area. Strengthen and restore field boundaries through additional planting and the incorporation of standard trees.
- Create additional links between the urban area and small fragmented areas of surrounding woodland.
- Ensure that tree planting proposals enhance the setting of the compact urban core and reinforce the distinctive street pattern within Haverfordwest Conservation Area. Proposals should avoid detrimental impacts on heritage assets. All planting proposals should be prepared in conjunction with both the Historic Building Conservation Officer and Landscape Officer at PCC.
- Utilise tree planning to frame views and link the urban setting of Haverfordwest Conservation Area to the surrounding rural landscape.
- Opportunities should be sought for the integration of tree planting to provide a positive contribution to the townscape character and appearance. Specific opportunities include tree planting at key nodes within the street network and in public spaces.
- Review and reconfigure parking provision in the town centre (e.g. Dew Street) to incorporate trees within the dense urban environment, where the opportunity arises. Small sections of on street parking could be re-configured to provide greater width and rooting environment for the growth of suitable street trees.
- Mark entrance points to the historic core area with tree planting and continue to increase tree cover, including designed SuDS, along the river (e.g., nearby the Riverside Shopping Centre).