Decision details

To note the acceptance of funding and to approve spend to deliver 5 Tiny Forests in Leicester and to replace trees which have been lost to disease, totalling 26 standards and 180 mixed tree types.

To approve:

-           the acceptance of £158,000 from the Local Authority Tree Fund (LATF) to deliver 5 Tiny Forests in Leicester and replace trees which have been lost to disease before the end of the financial year 2024/25.

-           the council entering into agreements and licences to permit five Tiny Forests to be delivered.

-           the addition of £158,000 to the Council’s capital programme, funded from the LATF.

The approval of the LATF funding will allow the 5 Tiny Forests to be planted.

Option of not accepting LATF funding will mean that the 5 Tiny Forest cannot be planted.