FOI Request - Tree Planting in Moray

Request 101003798978

1.  Within your council, please provide the documented tree-planting strategy for the whole of 2024.

2.  Within your council, how many trees did the council have the goal of planting for the whole of 2024?

3.  Within your council, what was the tree-planting budget for the whole of 2024?

4.  How many trees were planted by the council or contractors of the council in the whole of 2024?

5.  Within your authority area, what was the volume of land allocated for planting in 2024?

6.  Within your authority area, from the beginning of 2023 to the end of 2024, how many planted trees have failed/died?

Response 24-06-2025

1. The Moray Woodland and Forestry Strategy 2024 is published on our website.  This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file157053.pdf 

2.  No targets set.

3.  There is not a budget specifically allocated for tree planting.

4.  340. Approximately 50 new trees at Millbuies and Elgin Oakwood and 290 trees and saplings planted in other parks and open spaces.

5.  None.

6.  Information not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.