Consultation outcome

Tree and woodlands: introducing measures for felling street trees

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

We’ve published a summary of responses and government response. This has been published alongside the Environment Bill.

Detail of feedback received

11 June 2019: We received 798 individual responses and 3873 petition responses. We are finalising our analysis and expect to publish a government response to the consultation alongside the Environment Bill later this year.


Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on plans to introduce new measures for felling street trees and strengthening the Forestry Commission’s power to deal with illegal tree felling.

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Consultation description

We want to know what you think about proposals to introduce new measures for the process of felling street trees. These measures will make it clearer who is responsible for decisions and what process they should follow. We’re also asking for views on strengthening the Forestry Commission’s power to deal with illegal tree felling.

We’ve proposed four measures, which include:

  • introducing 2 new duties on local authorities, a duty to:

    • consult on the felling of street trees
    • report on tree felling and replanting
  • creating best practice guidance to support local authorities in drawing up a Tree and Woodland Strategy
  • giving the Forestry Commission more powers to deal with illegal tree felling and strengthen protection of wooded landscapes

Updates to this page

Published 30 December 2018
Last updated 15 October 2019 + show all updates
  1. Added the summary of responses and government response.

  2. Added a note on the number of responses received and when to expect the summary of responses and government response.

  3. First published.

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