Council Unveils Plans To Replace Trees In Down Woodland

A series of tree works is set to get underway in Kerrs Wood, Co Down.

Work will begin in Kerrs Wood from Monday 21 November 2022. They are for the purposes of good practice management, disease control and public safety. All trees are subject to an environmental assessment prior to being worked on which will prevent work happening that impacts local flora and fauna.


Ards and North Down Borough Council uses a proactive approach in the management of its tree stock. The local authority engages an expert consultant to periodically carry out full inspection surveys for each site, to assess the risk of significant harm from a tree or branch fall.

The Council replaces trees in numbers in excess of those that need to be felled and has an annual tree-planting programme which sees many trees of both native and interesting unusual varieties planted over each Autumn/Winter season. For example, the STAND4TREES initiative aims to plant a tree for every person in the Borough, that is approximately 160,000 trees.