Request Reference: 16171383
Date received: 22 January 2017
Date response sent: 28 February 2017
1) How many street/highway trees have been felled by the council or by council contractors since 1 April 2010? If you do not have a full total, please provide a figure for those you have recorded in the period.
626 trees identified as being on the highway have been removed.This does not discriminate between trees specifically planted on the highway or those part of adjacent self-set, hedge or woodland boundaries.
2) How many of those trees were protected by a Tree Preservation Order? If you do not have a full total, please provide a figure for those you have recorded in the period.
This information is not recorded.
Whilst the trees may be subject to TPOs or within Conservation Areas, Torbay Council is the Planning Authority and therefore manages its tree stock in accordance with British standards and isn’t required to apply to itself for works.
3) How many of those trees were ancient/veteran trees? If you do not have a full total, please provide a figure for those you have recorded in the period.
This information is not recorded.
4) How much has it cost the council to fell street/highway trees in the period?
The associated rates are part of procured contracts and therefore individual costs are not recorded.
5) Please state how many trees were felled because they were diseased, decayed, dying or dead.
This information cannot be determined from the Council’s records.
6) Please state how many were felled because they were causing structural damage or an obstruction.
This information cannot be determined from the Council’s records.
7) How many were felled for other reasons? Please state in broad terms what these reasons might have been.
This information cannot be determined from the Council’s records.
8) How many of the felled street/highway trees have been replaced on streets in this period?
This information is not recorded. Torbay Council has a record of trees within its ownership but this does not identify the planting date (if there was one).
9) How many of the felled trees have been replaced off-street in this period - i.e in woodlands/nature reserved.
This information is not recorded. Torbay Council has a record of trees within its ownership but this does not identify the planting date (if there was one).
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