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.
Two thousand and six (2006)
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.
We do not hold this information. Tree Preservation Orders are the responsibility of local planning authorities which in Devon are District and Unitary councils, please contact them direct using the information on the links provided.
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.
We do not hold this information. Tree Preservation Orders are the responsibility of District and Unitary councils, please contact them direct using the information on the links provided.
How much has it cost the council to fell street/highway trees in the period?
£424,312.77 is the total expenditure on jobs where felling a tree has been part of the job.
This total might therefore include other remedial works that were carried out to the tree (such as a stump grind) or other trees nearby that were part of the same job.
Please state how many trees were felled because they were diseased, decayed, dying or dead.
Providing an answer to this question would require us to check thousands of system entries, even if each one for an individual year took only two minutes the checking for that year alone is calculated to be over sixty hours, well in excess of the 18 hour limit specified by Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Please state how many were felled because they were causing structural damage or an obstruction.
Providing an answer to this question would require us to check thousands of system entries, even if each one for an individual year took only two minutes the checking for that year alone is calculated to be over sixty hours, well in excess of the 18 hour limit specified by Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
How many were felled for other reasons? Please state in broad terms what these reasons might have been.
Providing an answer to this question would require us to check thousands of system entries, even if each one for an individual year took only two minutes the checking for that year alone is calculated to be over sixty hours, well in excess of the 18 hour limit specified by Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act
How many of the felled street/highway trees have been replaced on streets in this period?
Approximately fourteen
How many of the felled trees have been replaced off-street in this period – i.e in woodlands/nature reserved.
None – Highways do not replace felled highway/street trees off the highway.