2025 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2025

Does the council have a target to increase tree cover and is a tree management plan agreed as they grow?

Question code
5.5
Section
Biodiversity
Topic
Tree Cover
Source
Volunteer Research
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Criteria met if the council has a target to increase tree cover which has been included in the Biodiversity Action Plan and/or Tree Strategy, provided the council has agreed a tree management plan that details how new trees will be irrigated and cared for.

Clarifications

nan

Question performance by council type

Points distribution county councils

0 points

19 county councils

1 point

2 county councils

Note: “in 2023” counts show how the councils listed below were marked on this question in 2023. This list of councils may be slightly different to the list of councils originally assessed on this question in 2023, due to the creation and abolition of councils between Scorecard years.

Rising and falling county councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
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councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence county councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Hertfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Oxfordshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Cambridgeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derbyshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Devon County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Essex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gloucestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Hampshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Kent County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lancashire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Leicestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Lincolnshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Norfolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottinghamshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Staffordshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Suffolk County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Surrey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warwickshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Sussex County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Worcestershire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria