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

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Points distribution single tier councils

0 points

130 single tier councils

1 point

56 single tier 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 single tier councils

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councils scored higher in 2025
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councils scored lower in 2025

Scores and evidence single tier councils

CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Blackpool Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Cardiff Council1/1--
Cheshire West and Chester Council1/1▲ 1
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Durham County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
East Lothian Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Flintshire County Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Hartlepool Borough Council1/1--
Kirklees Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Leeds City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Camden
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Ealing
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Hackney
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Merton
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Luton Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Manchester City Council1/1--
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Milton Keynes1/1▲ 1
Monmouthshire County Council1/1--
Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
North Lanarkshire Council1/1▲ 1
North Northamptonshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Northumberland Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Peterborough City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Plymouth City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Reading Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Renfrewshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Sheffield City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Shropshire Council - Unitary1/1▲ 1
Slough Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
South Gloucestershire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
South Lanarkshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Swansea City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Telford & Wrekin Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Torbay Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Torfaen County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council1/1▲ 1
Westminster City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
West Northamptonshire Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Wirral Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Wokingham Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Wolverhampton City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Wrexham County Borough Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
--

Evidence

1/1--
Aberdeen City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Aberdeenshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Angus Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Argyll and Bute Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Bedford Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Birmingham City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bracknell Forest Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bridgend County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Brighton and Hove City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Bristol City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Buckinghamshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Carmarthenshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Central Bedfordshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Ceredigion County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of Edinburgh Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of London
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
City of York Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Clackmannanshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Conwy County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cornwall Council (Unitary)
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Coventry City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Cumberland Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
Darlington Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Denbighshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Derby City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dorset Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Dundee City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
East Dunbartonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Renfrewshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Falkirk Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fife Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Glasgow City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Gwynedd County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Halton Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Herefordshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Inverclyde Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isle of Wight Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Isles of Scilly
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Leicester City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Liverpool City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Barnet
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Bexley
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Brent
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Bromley
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Croydon
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Enfield
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Haringey
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Harrow
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Havering
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Hillingdon
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Hounslow
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Islington
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Lambeth
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Lewisham
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Newham
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Redbridge
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
London Borough of Southwark
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Sutton
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Waltham Forest
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
London Borough of Wandsworth
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Medway Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Midlothian Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Newport City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North East Lincolnshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Lincolnshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Somerset Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
North Yorkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
Nottingham City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1No evidence found
Orkney Islands Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Pembrokeshire County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Perth and Kinross Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Portsmouth City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Powys County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Redcar and Cleveland Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Rutland County Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Salford City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Scottish Borders Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Shetland Islands Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Somerset Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
Southampton City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
South Ayrshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
South Tyneside Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stirling Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Sunderland City Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Swindon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
The Highland Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
The Moray Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Thurrock Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Warrington Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Berkshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Dunbartonshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
West Lothian Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Westmorland and Furness Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
0/1NAEvidence doesn't meet criteria
Wiltshire Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found