West Fenham
This consultation ran from 28 October 2021 - 06 December 2021We're looking at five possible areas for planting trees in Montague Dene - have your say!
Thank you to everyone who took part in our consultation on our plans for planting trees at Montague Dene as part of the North East Community Forest. 42 people gave us their views, and for Montage Dene, the feedback resulted in the following decisions:
- Planting area 1 will now contain trees which produce berries and fruits for the community to pick – a lovely idea from the consultation.
- Planting areas 2 and 4 were removed from the final planting scheme, due to feedback from residents about their concerns over losing some of the view from their homes of the park.
- All new trees will have spirals and canes for protection to take into account residents' concerns that new trees being planted without protection will die.
- Concerns were raised about ongoing maintenance, so all new tree planting includes an ongoing maintenance programme to be undertaken by the council's Grounds Maintenance team.
- We also received feedback that many residents were unhappy to see so much litter and fly-tipping in the area. We have listened to this feedback, and our Leisure Team is working with the Prince's Trust in Newcastle and Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service to clean up the park before the new tree planting takes place.
You can see a video about what's happening next here: North East Community Forest February 2022
Our next steps will be to hold volunteer planting events to get started on creating the North East Community Forest. The event in Montague Dene will be on 12 March 2022. You can find out more about what's happening in Montague Dene here: Montague Dene North East Community Forest Volunteering Planting 2022.
The main page for what's happening with the Community Forest is here: North East Community Forest
We also received feedback that many residents saying they were unhappy to see so much litter and fly-tipping. We have listened to this feedback and our Leisure Team is working with The Prince's Trust in Newcastle to clean up the park.
If you've got questions about this, would like to see the full consultation report, or need this information in another format such as large print, please contact us at: letstalk@newcastle.gov.uk
If you have questions about the planting events, please email Alexandra Reynolds at Northumberland Wildlife Trust at: alexandra.reynolds@northwt.org.uk
The main page for what's happening with the Community Forest is here: North East Community Forest
We also received feedback that many residents saying they were unhappy to see so much litter and fly-tipping. We have listened to this feedback and our Leisure Team is working with The Prince's Trust in Newcastle to clean up the park.
If you've got questions about this, would like to see the full consultation report, or need this information in another format such as large print, please contact us at: letstalk@newcastle.gov.uk
If you have questions about the planting events, please email Alexandra Reynolds at Northumberland Wildlife Trust at: alexandra.reynolds@northwt.org.uk
