Creating a Tree Strategy for the borough
We've adopted a plans that clearly sets out how trees are cared for, and new ones are planted, in Wokingham borough.
Our Tree Strategy will help us protect the local environment and wildlife as well as the health of everyone who lives, works or studies locally.
Its proposals were shaped by feedback from outside experts and our own officers, as well as your views during consultation. They cover all trees from saplings to older specimens or hedgerows, orchards and woodlands.
They outline how they're managed and maintained, developers’ duties towards planting and how you can help protect trees with historic or community value.
Phases
Project set-up
In July 2021, officers were given Executive approval to develop a strategy that will guide the borough’s approach to trees as a whole.
A comprehensive Tree Strategy will set out in detail how these policies; and our responsibilities to trees and woodlands under the Town and Country Planning Act, National Planning Policy Framework, Miscellaneous Act and Environment Act, will be delivered.
The strategy will address tree management and maintenance in rural and urban environments and outline our approach to trees on private and council owned sites.