Not all affected ash trees will be felled. Wherever it's safe to do so, we'll be leaving both standing and fallen deadwood so that wildlife can benefit. The felling will only take place in high risk zones where infected trees pose a risk to public safety. This includes those that are along public highways, rights of way, well used paths, permissive routes and near residential areas and car parks.
The felling works will take place at;
- Newark Park
- Crickley Hill
- Woodchester Park
- Haresfield Beacon and Standish Wood
- The Stroud commons
- Coaley Peak
- Pope's Wood
- Littleworth Wood
- Dover's Hill
- Horton
- Chedworth
- Ebworth
- Sherborne Park Estate
The work is being carried out by specialist contractors.
Restricted access and diversions
There may be temporary road closures and restricted access along some routes and pathways during these essential works. Where this is the case, we'll ensure that temporary diversions are in place to keep residents, contractors and visitors safe. We'll keep the disruption to a minimum.
Woodland recovery
Despite the tragic loss of trees, we'll be seizing the opportunity to increase the biodiversity in areas hardest hit. Where we've removed dying ash trees, we'll leave some areas to naturally regenerate, in others we'll replant with native broadleaves like beech, whitebeam, cherry and oak, while in others you'll see us adopt a mixture of both types of woodland management.