Cabinet Member for Environment and Rural Affairs

Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Commissioning, Environment and Leisure and the above Cabinet Member, which set-out the process undertaken to update the Council’s Tree Maintenance Policy which was set- out at Appendix I of the report. 

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Rural Affairs introduced the report and thanked members of the Council’s Policy, Development and Review Committee (PDRC) who had considered the Policy on two occasions and recommended several amendments which the Cabinet Member considered had resulted in an improved document.  The Cabinet Member stated that the document stated what the Council would do with trees in its ownership.  The Cabinet Member thanked officers for their work on the document, in particular the Green Spaces Manager, and proposed the recommendation.

A Member, who was Chairman of PDRC, thanked the Cabinet Member for his time in attending PDRC, and also thanked Members of PDRC for their diligence and comments which had greatly enhanced the document.  A Member considered it to be a useful document which described what the Council would and would not do in regard to tree maintenance and was a huge step forward.

Resolved:

(1)       That the Tree Maintenance Policy 2019-2023 as drafted, be approved.