Tree Felling and Planting - Find a freedom of information request

1. I am writing under EIR/FOI legislation to request the following information regarding local tree felling and planting:

a. Figures for the number of trees felled by the council or its contractors in the Local Authority area for every business year from 2014-2015 until the present.

b. Figures for the numbers of trees planted by the council for every business year from 2014-2015 until the present.

If this is deemed to exceed cost limits, please release the tree-felling and tree-planting data for every year from the most recent working backwards in time until the cost limit is reached (ie 2018-19, then 2017-18, etc)

1.

a.  Lincolnshire County Council Countryside Services estimates that it felled approximately 350 trees during 2018-19. Countryside Services do not hold records of trees felled during the previous five years.

 b. Lincolnshire County Council Countryside Services planted the following numbers of trees:

2014-15 – 70

2015-16 – 72

2016-17 – 60

2017-18 – 54

2018-19 - 53

These trees were planted on behalf of the highways department and will represent the total number of trees planted by LCC Countryside services and highways.