Last week Dubbo Regional Council endorsed its Talbragar Street Beautification Concept Plan. It features a tree planting program to add more shade in the street.

The concept plan showed 20 trees planted on either side of the streetscape and another 15 in a new median strip. There could also be nine sculptural elements in the centre median.

But one of the main criticisms of the concept designs released by council were the number of parks the trees seem to take up.

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Last month, Talbragar Street business owners met to discuss the possibility of losing up to 20 spaces.

However, Cr Lawrence said that figure was based on a concept design, not technical plans.

He said while the exact number of car parking spaces that would be lost from the beautification work was unknown, it would be "considerably less than the number that had been floated".

"It would be totally ridiculous if we were going to do something that would affect their livelihoods because the whole point of what we're doing is to make Talbragar Street more amenable to get more people there. I hope that certainly puts some minds at ease," the deputy mayor said.

"We can't ignore overwhelming community demand for more trees in the region, for more trees in Dubbo and particularly for more trees in the CBD. I can hardly think of any issue that's come before council that is more popular.

"It's clear from the submissions, it's clear from the conversations I'm having with the community, it's clear from the comments I get on my Facebook page - not that one takes them as representative necessarily - but it's come in thick and fast, the community is overwhelmingly in support of this project."

The concept plan has been endorsed and now more work will be undertaken to determine the location of the street trees and any potential car parking impacts.

Councillor Greg Mohr has also called for a Talbragar Street parking strategy to be developed.

Cr Mohr said there were other avenues that could be looked at for additional car parks, such as the old service station on Darling Street that is currently owned by the NSW government.

Overall, councillor John Ryan said more trees would boost foot traffic to the area.

"We're going to see a street that will encourage people to walk down it, will encourage people to drive down it and park, will encourage new businesses to set up, just because it won't be like the Sahara Desert in Dubbo," he said.