Motion or amendment: Enhancing Tree Protection

Motion or amendment by Mr Nick Mathison on 5 March 2024.

MLA: Mr Nick Mathison
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 5 March 2024
Type: Motion or amendment
Business: Motion · Private Members' Motion
Heading: Enhancing Tree Protection
Assembly identifier: Document 392075

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Enhancing Tree Protection
That this Assembly acknowledges the significance of trees as vital infrastructure that require both care and safeguarding as part of the planning process; recognises the important role that trees play in protecting our environment, responding to climate change and providing broader health, economic and societal advantages; notes the November 2023 Report by the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman entitled Strengthening our Roots, which highlighted the inconsistent approach taken by public authorities towards tree protection; believes that enhancing the protection of Northern Ireland’s existing trees is of equal importance to planting new trees; and calls on the Minister for Infrastructure to outline how his Department plans to improve and enhance the planning system to strengthen the legislative framework for the protection of trees.

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