Elm Park Gardens - Proposed kerbside carriageway tree planting

Overview

Please read the following information carefully before completing the survey below, no later than 27 July 2025.

Kensington and Chelsea’s Council plan sets out our ambition to become a greener, safer and fairer borough. To make the borough greener, we are proposing to introduce trees in kerbside carriageway tree pits along Elm Park Gardens, in both the east and west arms of the road.

Following funding approval to progress with the scheme from the Council’s Green Fund, which is money set aside to make environmental improvements, we are seeking the views of local residents on our proposals.

Tree planting proposals

The proposal is for five new trees, three on the east arm of Elm Park Gardens and two on the west arm of Elm Park Gardens. 

The trees will be planted in new tree pits located at the side of the road, within or at the end of the existing parking bays.

You can view similar recently installed tree planting in Portland Road (W11).

The approximate locations of the new trees are shown in the plans linked below.

On the eastern arm, the three proposed tree pits will be in resident parking bays. Each tree pit will take up approximately two metres of residents’ parking, so six metres of residents parking (approximately one space) will be replaced by the new trees.

On the western arm, the two tree pits will be placed at the end of the residents’ parking bays, either side of the southern arm of Elm Park Gardens. The two tree pits will be on single yellow lines, where out of restricted hours parking is currently allowed. The two tree pits will replace two ‘out of hours’ parking spaces.

The ground underneath the footways is congested with utility service ducts and cables, so it is not possible to plant the trees in the footway. The carriageway is the only area where we can fit in new trees along these roads.

We understand that some residents may wish to retain all existing parking spaces in Elm Park Gardens, but the loss of parking will be minimal, and we feel that the benefit to residents of the new trees will outweigh the slight reduction in parking.

Some utility cables may still be present in the carriageway, which we will need to work around, so there may be some slight adjustments to the final locations of the trees, should we go ahead.

Why your views matter

Your councillors are keen to hear your views, so this is the chance for you to have your say on this proposal.

If you would like to support or object to these proposals, or make any other comments in respect of them, please complete the short survey below by 27 July 2025.

The Council’s Director for Highway and Regulatory Services will consider all the comments received, in consultation with Stanley ward councillors and the Lead Member for Environment and Planning, before deciding on whether to proceed. 

If you would like the survey in another language or format, please email traffic@rbkc.gov.uk