Response 3582353

Response to request for information

Reference

3582353

Response date

18 November 2024

Request

For each financial year, from 2019-20 to 2023-24, please provide:

• The number of trees planted by the council, its contractors and/or other organisations funded by the council
• The number of trees removed by those listed above
• The number of trees removed after Tree Preservation Orders for those trees were lifted
• The number of trees removed after Tree Preservation Orders for those trees were lifted that were the subject of subsidence claims

Response

Trees Felled on Council land

• 2019-20 - 78
• 2020-21 - 89
• 2021-22 - 92
• 2022-23 - 35
• 2023-24 - 78

 

Tree Planting on Council Land

• 2019-20 - 360
• 2020-21 - 318
• 2021-22 - 163
• 2022-23 - 82
• 2023-24 - 71

Note: This includes tree species in hedgerows.

 

Parish Planting

• 2019-20 - 210
• 2020-21 - 445
• 2021-22 - 161
• 2022-23 - 82
• 2023-24 - 71

Parish Planting Scheme is where the Council donates or plants trees on Parish Council land within the Borough.

 

Free Tree Scheme

• 2019-20 - 2016
• 2020-21 - 1929
• 2021-22 - 1200
• 2022-23 - 2051
• 2023-24 - 1056

A scheme where the Council provides its residents with free trees to be planted within gardens in the Borough.

 

Total Planted/funded by Council

• 2019-20 - 2586
• 2020-21 - 2692
• 2021-22 - 1524
• 2022-23 - 3334
• 2023-24 - 2148

 

Difference between planted and removed

• 2019-20 - 2508
• 2020-21 - 2603
• 2021-22 - 1432
• 2022-23 - 3299
• 2023-24 - 2070

 

Number of felled Tree Preservation Oder (TPO) trees following an application

• 2019-20 - 66
• 2020-21 - 31
• 2021-22 - 44
• 2022-23 - 17
• 2023-24 - 21

 

Of which subject to an insurance claim

This question is beyond our ability to answer at the current time. There is no automated way we could interrogate our data to determine the answer, we would have to go through each application to determine whether they relate to an insurance claim and whether they were submitted by an insurance company or one of the many agents, civil engineers or arborists who act on their behalf. This would be a lengthy piece of work and we would have to charge a fee to cover the time.