Decision details

The Committee:

(1)          Agreed to establish a Street Tree Planting Scheme on the basis that this would be at nil cost to the Council;

(2)          Authorised the Head of Place Development to make the necessary arrangements including the procurement of the requisite administrative resource to support the scheme;

(3)          Noted that the scheme would commence as soon as reasonably practicable following the appointment of the administrative support but that no definitive start date could be given;

(4)          Noted that the unit cost of £250 per tree would be adopted for any planting carried out in the remainder of the financial year and for the 2018/19 financial year, the rate to be subject to review in subsequent years as part of the annual review of fees and charges.