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City partners pledge to deliver new street tree strategy

A commitment to deliver on a new street tree strategy for Sheffield has been made by the founding members of the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership.

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New tree in Carter Knowle park kicks off two-year community planting project

With support from the Woodland Trust, Sheffield has expended its community forestry team and will deliver community tree planting activities across the city over the next two years.

Street trees in Sheffield

Independent Tree Inquiry – what’s next?

Our Cooperative Executive has set out the next steps in the independent Inquiry in to the management of Sheffield's street trees dispute.

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Council apologises for street tree complaint handling

Apology issued over handling of street tree complaint

Action plan agreed following street tree inspections

Action plan agreed following street tree inspections

An action plan, which supports a new approach to managing the city’s street tree ...

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City centre resurfacing work gets under way

Resurfacing work will soon start on three key roads in the city centre as part of the Streets Ahead programme.Sections o ...

Queens road

Resurfacing work to start on Queens Road

Resurfacing on one of the city’s busiest main routes is set to begin next month, as the final stage of improvements get ...

Street cleaner

Streets Ahead prepare for busy weekend at Tramlines

Thousands of music lovers are expected to descend on the city between Friday and ...

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Sheffield kicks off development of new street tree strategy

A cabinet report which focuses on the development of a Street Tree Strategy, as ...

Bramall Lane

Bramall Lane to be resurfaced ahead of football season

Streets Ahead is just one of the teams getting ready for the start of the new fo ...

Young street trees

Locals encouraged to water young trees this summer

Labels are being fixed to newly-planted street trees across the city next week e ...

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Roadwork scheme marks start of city’s 2019 resurfacing programme

Resurfacing work started last weekend on one of the city’s major link roads, mar ...

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FAQ on diseased street trees

1. What is Phytophthora? Phytophthora is a genus of fungi-like microscopic orga ...

a street tree

Diseased street trees to be removed in coming weeks

Twenty lime trees on Whitley Wood Road were recently tested by Amey after displa ...

Friends of Millhouses Park

Holly trees planted on park border set to flourish

100 holly trees were planted on the border of Millhouses Park last weekend follo ...

School children plant hundreds of new trees in Sheffield

School children plant hundreds of new trees in Sheffield

Sheffield’s new 15-year trees and woodlands strategy was approved last November, ...

Inspection work gets under way to retain Sheffield’s street trees

Inspection work gets under way to retain Sheffield’s street trees

 Work to retain dozens of street trees in Sheffield, which were previously ...

Tree lined street

A new approach to Sheffield's street trees

Following further talks between Sheffield City Council, Amey and representatives ...

Woodland

100,000 trees to be planted as part of trees and woodlands strategy

Sheffield is one of the greenest and most wooded cities in Europe and the greene ...

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Statement on today's talks with STAG

Joint statement from Councillor Lewis Dagnall, Cabinet Member for Environment an ...

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Statement on Sheffield war memorial trees

Councillor Lewis Dagnall, Cabinet Member for Environment and Streetscene, said:" ...

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100 war memorial trees to mark First World War centenary

The first of 100 war memorial trees has been planted in Weston Park as part of t ...

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The elm tree and the butterfly

The story of the elm and the butterfly began 120 years ago, when planners of Sheffield’s affluent suburbs chose a popular ‘Huntingdon’ elm hybrid for the junction of Chelsea and Union Roads in Nether Edge.

Cabinet Member Lewis Dagnall

New cabinet member listens to views on street tree replacement

17 May 2018 The new cabinet member responsible for the environment and street s ...

Sheffield Town Hall

Statement from Sheffield City Council - Tree Replacement Works

23 February 2018Statement from Sheffield City Council“We welcome todays statemen ...

Elm leaf

Safety work on elm tree to go ahead

21 February 2018 An elm tree in Nether Edge, which is showing signs of decay, w ...

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New trees take root on Sheffield highways

10 January 2018 More than 1,200 young trees will take root along Sheffield’s st ...

Sheffield town hall

Council to replace 41 memorial trees and plant 300 more

13 December 2017     Sheffield City Council has today decided that, for the f ...

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8, 000 new trees to be planted this year in Sheffield

13 November 2017 The first trees have been planted to mark the start of  the ci ...

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Council responds to further questions on its street tree replacement programme

5 October 2017 Five years on from the start of the Streets Ahead contract and q ...

woodland

Residents of Sheffield to decide where to plant tree memorials to honour war veterans

15 September 2017   Sheffield City Council has announced it is planting 300 me ...

Poplar sapling

Project brings rare black poplar tree back to Sheffield

21 August 2017   A project is underway to bring one of the UK’s rarest native ...