EIR Request - Tree Planting

Request 101003959016

1. Does the council have a target for increasing tree cover, either as a number of individual trees or as a canopy cover percentage (or both)? If so, please state the target(s), the baseline from which they are measured, and the timeframe for achieving them.

2. What methods does the council plan to use to achieve any such target? Please specify what proportion, if any, is intended to be achieved through natural regeneration rather than active planting.

3. What budget has the council allocated to tree planting, natural regeneration and/or canopy cover expansion for each financial year from 2020/21 to the current financial year? Please include both capital and revenue budgets where these are held separately.

4. What progress has been made against any targets set out in answer to question 1? Please provide the most recent available figures, including the date to which they relate.

5. Does the council have a tree planting strategy, urban forestry strategy, or equivalent policy document that governs this work? If so, please provide a copy or a link to where it is publicly available.

Response 07-04-2026

1. No

2. Not applicable

3. Open Spaces has no specific budget for tree planting but a plant materials revenue budget of £4,500 per annum is used to purchase new trees and shrubs for parks and open spaces.

The Planning Department does not have a Council budget for natural regeneration, but we do have Scottish Government Nature Restoration Fund allocated.

4. Not applicable 

5. As per Q1.