Guidance and reports by other organisations
Street Trees: A Guide to Planting, Establishment and Aftercare. Forestry Commission (August 2026)
The Trees and Design Action Group was a member of the steering group for this new guidance document for the Forestry Commission looking at all aspects of street tree planting in both new streets and retrofitting supported by technical drawings by Team Civic.
Street Trees: A Guide to Planting, Establishment and Aftercare
The Trees and Design Action Group was a member of the steering group for this new guidance document for the Forestry Commission looking at all aspects of street tree planting in both new streets and retrofitting supported by technical drawings by Team Civic.
Street Trees: A Guide to Planting, Establishment and Aftercare
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Streets for a Healthy Life (Issue 02), Homes England This is a companion to Building for a Healthy Life and Manual for Streets. It provides that vital missing element of what good, adopted residential streets should look like and how they should function. TDAG is pleased to be a member of the Sounding Board and supports this document as a valuable addition to the growing body of knowledge focused on ‘how to get it right’. Streets for a Healthy Life is referenced in TDAG’s own Trees, Planning and Development: A Guide for Delivery. Both documents are designed to be read online and revised over time.
So You Want to Plant More Trees?
TDAG is very pleased to have written the text for the latest Green Cities document – So You Want to Plant More Trees? A guide to commissioning and managing tree-planting, for councillors and other local decision-makers. The document is free to download here. Any client or commissioning decision-maker is a major player in the success or not of tree planting and ongoing management. All those concerned in planning this document felt that this is an area that would benefit from further guidance. It was produced as part of the Green Cities for a Sustainable Europe project managed in the UK by the Green Infrastructure Partnership, supported by the TCPA and on behalf of the Horticultural Trades Association. Street Design Standards – Briefing Sheet 2020 Institution of Civil Engineers, Urban Design Group, PRIAN and TDAG. This briefing sheet sets out current and withdrawn practice for street design standards. This will inform and empower urban designers, tree officers, highway designers and planners to ensure that current standards are applied to all street design projects whether new developments or retrofitting. Available here. TDAG articlesSue James, a founding member of TDAG, explains why successful urban tree planting should matter to engineers
Collaboration is key and engineers have a vital role to play working within any team. Read the full article and the blog for the Institution of Civil Engineers here. TDAG is pleased to support the Town and Country Planning Association’s Healthy Homes Campaign Our thought piece on the proposal here. 
Current consultation responsesPast consultation responsesTDAG actively responds to consultations on draft policy documents, guidance and standards which impact upon trees in the built environment.
TDAG responses to the NPPF and DPPPG Consultations
Two consultations came out at the same time, one for the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the other for the Design and Placemaking Planning Practice Guidance (DPPPG). This second document is intended to replace the National Design Guide and National Model Design Code.
Improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain for minor, medium and brownfield development
TDAG submitted a response to this consultation and emphasised its support for the detailed responses made by Wildlife and Countryside Link and the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.
Consultation on National Planning Policy Framework 2024
In response to the Chief Planner’s invitation, TDAG has submitted a response to this consultation.
Consultation on the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy
In response to the Chief Planner’s invitation, TDAG has submitted a response to this consultation. Specifically for trees, the proposed changes retain Clause 131 (now 133) that ‘new streets are tree-lined.’ There will be a second consultation once the Levelling up and Regeneration Bill passes into law. TDAG also draws attention to this summary by the RTPI found here.
TDAG response to the consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain Regulations and Implementation (April 2022) here:
TDAG response to the House of Lords Land Use in England Select Committee call for evidence on how we should respond to increasing demands on land (April 2022) here:
National Infrastructure Commission
The Second National Infrastructure Assessment: Baseline Report (November 2021). TDAG response here:
Planning for the Future (2020). TDAG response. Available here
Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission TDAG briefing note on trees as infrastructure (2019). Available here. Reports from national governments, parliamentary, non-ministerial departments and non-departmental public bodies
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