Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Require developers felling trees to fund reforestation projects
Closed
1,589 signatures
What the petition asks
Tree growth is an effective means of trapping carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. The UK has one of the lowest forested areas in Europe.
Mature trees are lost in housing and infrastructure development.
We want Parliament to legislate to ensure these trees are adequately replaced.
Mature trees are lost in housing and infrastructure development.
We want Parliament to legislate to ensure these trees are adequately replaced.
New forests absorb carbon dioxide, help biodiversity and help the UK to meet its carbon footprint target.
At present, a mature tree lost in the course of a development is replaced, if at all, by a sapling on site. The net loss of carbon trapping is detrimental to the local environment and the atmosphere.
There would be a formula whereby the funding for replacement saplings depends on the size of the tree lost.
The national and global benefits of more forestation will accrue wherever it is done.
At present, a mature tree lost in the course of a development is replaced, if at all, by a sapling on site. The net loss of carbon trapping is detrimental to the local environment and the atmosphere.
There would be a formula whereby the funding for replacement saplings depends on the size of the tree lost.
The national and global benefits of more forestation will accrue wherever it is done.
Timeline
| 15 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,589
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
15 Mar 2021
Closed
15 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.