(6) Sarisbury Green Conservation Area (Completed 2002)
The brief for the Environmental Improvement Scheme was based on the recommendations for enhancement set out in the 1998 Fareham Borough Council Conservation Area Character Assessment for Sarisbury Green and included: removal of inappropriate street furniture and conifer trees; strengthening visual links between the main Green and the smaller green north of Bridge Road; replacement of inappropriate fencing with railings and improvements to surface materials, street furniture and tree planting.
The scheme was presented at two public consultations. The first was held in 1999. The main concern then was that the removal of the large conifers would open up views of traffic from the Green and remove the protection the conifers provided in reducing the number of cricket balls which land in the main road. This was addressed in amended proposals, shown at a public exhibition in 2001, by proposing a phased removal of conifers and replacement with new more appropriate trees, together with new railings and netting which is erected on posts for cricket matches. The final tree, a native Field Maple, was planted at a small ceremony on 14 May 2003.
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