Plane Trees

Published on April 21, 2023

On Friday 31 March 2023, Council publicly notified a resource consent application to remove 27 of the approximately 38 London Plane Trees planted along Oxford Street, Levin on State Highway 1, between Queen Street West and Devon Street.

Our Community Experience and Services Group are proposing to remove the trees in response to several challenges that have arisen over the years. Local retailers have raised concerns about leaf fall and flooding caused by the trees, damage to footpaths, kerbing and roading and some have requested that the trees be removed. The removal of the trees would consist of cutting each tree off at the base, grinding the stumps to sit below the adjoining asphalt level and their former locations then re-sealed in asphalt, and where practicable, converted back into parking spaces. 

The public notification process gives you an opportunity to view the consent application, consider the likely impacts that the proposal may have on you and lets you make a submission on the application before the final decision is made. Anyone can make a submission. It’s an effective way to get involved with resource consent decisions under the Resource Management Act. Submissions can be made online, in person or via post.

For more information, or to make a submission online on the Plane Trees Have Your Say page. Submissions can also be emailed to recordsprocessing@horowhenua.govt.nz, delivered to our Civic Building at 126 Oxford Street, Levin or posted to Planning Team, Horowhenua District Council, Private Bag 4002, Levin 5540.

Submissions close on Tuesday 2 May 2023 at 4.45pm.