Issue - meetings

Purpose.

1.    To update the Cabinet member for Climate Change and the Environment on the detail of the Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund including the three primary criteria of the grant: Evidence of need, commitment to planting by 2025 and a deliverability assessment.

2.    To brief the Cabinet member on the outcome of the grant application funded by the Forestry Commission and the financial award made to the Council.

3.    To provide an update on the recruitment progress made and detail of the two new posts that will be funded from the Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund.

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet Member for Climate Change & the Environment note the report.

Zoe White, Green and Healthy Streets presented the report and in response to questions, explained that working with the community will have a huge impact and many more trees will be planted thanks to street planting and garden planting.

Councillor Barrett congratulated the team for winning the bid and added that:

·         The city is highly concreted and quite compacted in some areas. 

·         Residents have asked for older trees to be planted rather than whips.

·         New planting sites will be identified across the city from Paulsgrove to the seafront.

The Cabinet Member for Climate Change & Environment noted the report.