Trees and woodlands are good for Londoners, good for visitors to London, and good for business in London. Consequently, the RE:LEAF initiative aims to increase London's tree cover by 5% by 2025. The Mayor of London is committed to funding a programme to plant 10,000 additional new street trees by March 2012 as part of this goal to make London a greener city. The aim is to plant 250 trees on average in the 40 priority areas that would most benefit from the social, economic and environmental improvements that new street trees provide. To view the maps showing all 40 areas, please see the information under the area headings below.
Boroughs, community organisations, charities and local business partnerships can apply for the street tree grant. However, it would be helpful to contact your local borough tree officer before applying for a grant as they are in a position to advise with location selection and species choice. You can find the contact details of your borough tree officer on the London Tree Officers Association website.
Useful advice for individuals on how to assess the suitability of your street for tree planting and what to do next is in Trees for Cities' Best Practice - Street Trees guide.
If you are a member of the public and would like to register your interest to have a tree planted outside your house please go to the Mayor of London's registration website.
Grant applications will open on 23rd March 2011 and close on 15th July 2011.
For further information or to discuss a potential application for 2010, please contact:
LTWGS Programmes Officer
Groundwork London
12 Baron Street
London, N1 9LL
T: 020 7239 1292
E: londonprogrammes@groundwork.org.uk
To find out more about this scheme or to apply, download the information below.
Application Form Word (563KB) Guidance Notes Word (435KB) Appendix 1 : List of 40 Priority Areas (35KB)
Click the links to your local authority (not in alphabetical order) below to download PDFs of maps showing the exact locations and the roads that fall within the eligible areas. The street names document contains details of house numbers where trees can be planted outside, please also check the map to ensure a street is in an eligible area as in some cases parts of the street may not contain house numbers.
If you require any of these documents in a different format please contact the Groundwork Programmes Officer at the contact details above.
- Barking and Dagenham
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Brent
- Bromley
- Camden
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Enfield
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Haringey
- Harrow
- Havering
- Hillingdon
- Hounslow
- Islington
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kingston
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Richmond
- Southwark
- Sutton
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Wandsworth
- Westminster
