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

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8 Northern Irish councils

1 point

3 Northern Irish councils

Performance comparison between 2023 and 2025

Northern Irish councils

22
councils scored higher in 2025
11
councils scored lower in 2025

Legends for difference column

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CouncilScoreDifference2023Evidence
Ards and North Down Borough Council1/1▲ 1
Belfast City Council1/1--
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Score 2025
1/1
2023 Difference
▲ 1

Evidence

1/1▲ 1
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
▼ 0
0/1▼ -1Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--Evidence doesn't meet criteria
Mid Ulster District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Score 2025
0/1
2023 Difference
--
0/1--No evidence found