The England Tree Strategy Consultation
The consultation ended on 11th September and the Trees and Design Action Group liaised with a large number of organisations to confer on key messages in its response found below which outlines what needs to be included in a tree strategy and makes four critical points:
1. The final England Tree Strategy must be enshrined in law.
2. All local authorities in England must have evidence based tree strategies (which are different to Green Infrastructure strategies) embedded in their local plans.
3. Targets must be ambitious and more than the consultation document is suggesting for rural, peri-urban and urban tree cover.
4. There should be comprehensive digital records in all local authorities for existing tree stocks so that long term planting, natural regeneration and management plans can be effective.
TDAG has also been working with other organisations to develop a ‘golden thread’ of key issues on which we all agree. This has been organised and collated by the Tree Council and can be found below. This has been sent to Lord Goldsmith, the Minister responsible and received a positive response.
The next step is to ensure that the final draft for the England Tree Strategy, currently due later in 2020, is the subject of further consultation.
2. All local authorities in England must have evidence based tree strategies (which are different to Green Infrastructure strategies) embedded in their local plans.
3. Targets must be ambitious and more than the consultation document is suggesting for rural, peri-urban and urban tree cover.
4. There should be comprehensive digital records in all local authorities for existing tree stocks so that long term planting, natural regeneration and management plans can be effective.
TDAG has also been working with other organisations to develop a ‘golden thread’ of key issues on which we all agree. This has been organised and collated by the Tree Council and can be found below. This has been sent to Lord Goldsmith, the Minister responsible and received a positive response.
The next step is to ensure that the final draft for the England Tree Strategy, currently due later in 2020, is the subject of further consultation.
| ets_consultation_tdag_submitted_response.pdf |
| england_tree_strategy_golden_thread.pdf |