AQW 24779/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on the woodland management plan for the Stormont Estate.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 21 October 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 October 2021
- Answer due by
- 5 November 2021
- Answered
- 29 October 20218 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In 2015, the Department commissioned the services of an arboricultural consultant to prepare a Woodland Management Plan for the Stormont Estate. This was presented in 2016 with the long term vision to “manage the woodlands sustainably to secure their long term future and enhance their landscape, biodiversity and recreational use.”
The recommendations in the report are divided into short term and long term work programmes:-
1. Short term – work programme for Year 1 to 5 (2016 – 2020)
2. Long term – work programme for Year 6 to 15 (2021 – 2031)
The short term work programme is nearing completion after a delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A copy of the Woodland Management Plan 2016 has been placed in the Assembly Library.