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Heritage street

The following streets are listed as heritage streets due to their historic character or landscape history:

• Brisbane Street
• Alt Street
• Rawson Avenue
• Manning Street
• Chesterfield Parade
• Avoca Street
• Flood Street 
• Francis Street (Wellington to Denham Street)
• Oceanview Avenue

Streetscape Character

Most of the tree plantings date back to the 1930’s and are located in wide streets either in the roadways with semi-circular cut-outs e.g. Rawson Avenue or in the middle of wide naturestrips.

Dominant Trees

Issues and Considerations

• Many of these heritage listed trees were planted during the 1930’s and have been assessed on the database as over-mature or senescent
• A number of these over-mature trees could be classified as hazardous due to their poor to fair condition or structural defects. These hazards have been exacerbated by previous poor pruning practices; excessive pruning of roots for road re-surfacing or repairs to kerbs and gutters
• Additional streets with impressive avenues of trees could be nominated for heritage listing to ensure their protection e.g. Onslow Street
• Some existing trees have raised or exposed surface roots that have been damaged by road and footpath construction and repairs

Strategies

• Maintain and enhance the existing stock of heritage trees
• Increase and expand the number of heritage listed street trees
• Ensure that plantings are sympathetic to the heritage values of the built environment

Actions

• Use the street tree database to determine the health and condition of each tree listed in heritage streets and their projected lifespan using the SULE method (Safe Useful Life Expectancy)
• Individually assess these trees and prioritise an action plan for each street for renewal/replacement
• Using current replacement costs, estimate projected costs and seek funding
• Assess other streets for planting of potential heritage trees
• Investigate the use of specially constructed tree pits for replacement trees in heritage streets to minimise potential root damage
• Choose trees from the accompanying table of potential heritage trees.

Preferred Tree Species