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Draft Forestry and Woodland Strategy
Overview
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 requires Glasgow City Council to prepare a Forestry and Woodland Strategy. The Draft Forestry and Woodland Strategy directs tree planting to the most appropriate locations where there are opportunities to contribute towards mitigating climate change and increasing biodiversity, while also providing multiple benefits such as improving amenity and green networks, increasing carbon capture, and contributing to water management.
Once finalised, the Forestry and Woodland Strategy will inform the emerging City Development Plan, and it will be the Council's primary strategy and policy document relating to all woodland and tree planting in the city.
By working together, sharing knowledge and resources, we aim to increase the level of tree canopy cover in the city, while delivering the multiple benefits which trees can provide.
Aims and Objectives
The Draft Forestry and Woodland Strategy sets out:
- A 10 year Vision for the city to have increased canopy cover, providing multiple benefits to residents and visitors; and
- A Spatial Strategy which sets out guidance to support planning initiatives and projects, inform the design of proposals, and assist in the determination of planning applications.
An Action Programme will be developed to progress initiatives.
Consultation
The draft Forestry and Woodland Strategy will be open for public consultation between 5 February 2024 until 31 March 2024.
We would welcome your views on the current draft and encourage everyone to take part in this survey.
Alternatively, you can write to us with your comments by Emailing the Development Plan Team.
Please Note: Closing date for responses is Sunday, 31 March 2024.
Status
The draft Forestry and Woodland Strategy is now open for public consultation between 5 February 2024 until 31 March 2024.
It will then be redrafted taking cognisance of input from members of the public and organisations prior to final adoption.
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