1. Does the council have a target for increasing tree cover, either as a number of individual trees or as a canopy cover percentage (or both)? If so, please state the target(s), the baseline from which they are measured, and the timeframe for achieving them.
Details on how the Councils tree planting targets can be found in the Councils adopted Tree Strategy and Climate Emergency Strategy: WBC - CEAP 4th report. https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/sites/wokingham/files/2025-09/Climate%20Emergency%20Strategy%202025.pdf

2. What methods does the council plan to use to achieve any such target? Please specify what proportion, if any, is intended to be achieved through natural regeneration rather than active planting.
Details on how the Council intends to carry out tree planting can be found in the Councils adopted Tree Strategy and Climate Emergency Strategy: WBC - CEAP 4th report. https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/sites/wokingham/files/2025-09/Climate%20Emergency%20Strategy%202025.pdf

3. What budget has the council allocated to tree planting, natural regeneration and/or canopy cover expansion for each financial year from 2020/21 to the current financial year? Please include both capital and revenue budgets where these are held separately.
A capital tree planting project was set up in 2021. Funding of £300k was specifically allocated to tree planting projects across the borough since 2021 to the current financial year. In addition, specific biodiversity projects and budgets have been developed and will include new tree planting, however the budget allocation for BNG projects will be allocated on a case-by-case basis to habitat creation and or enhancement depending on the sites requirements and therefore additional figures for other BNG related tree planting projects are not available.

4. What progress has been made against any targets set out in answer to question 1? Please provide the most recent available figures, including the date to which they relate.
Since 2021, when the Council’s tree planting project was initiated, over 60k trees have been planted across 34 hectares of land. This does not include those that have been planted as part of approved planning applications.

5. Does the council have a tree planting strategy, urban forestry strategy, or equivalent policy document that governs this work? If so, please provide a copy or a link to where it is publicly available.
The Council’s adopted Tree Strategy can be found using the following link: https://engage.wokingham.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/creating-a-tree-strategy