Purpose

To plant new replacement trees to compensate
for the loss of approximately 100 council trees per annum due to
structural or physiological decline that also can increase the
likelihood of branch or stem failure posing an unacceptable risk to
public safety.

Decision

To fully approve £197k profiled across
the next 5 financial years, fully funded by corporate supported
borrowing.

Alternative options considered

Option 1 - As above
Option 2 - Not carrying out any tree replacements. No replacement
planting would reduce the size of the existing council's tree stock
and ability to sequester carbon, provide ecosystems and double tree
cover by 2060, therefore this is not considered to be a viable
option.