Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Place, Environment and Climate Action

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/102

Key decision

Contact: Andy Lederer, Principal Officer - Arboriculture

andy.lederer@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CA9)

Seeking Cabinet approval for award of Tree Care Framework.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

a)    approve the use of a Tree Care Framework Contract model to deliver planned and responsive tree management activity for trees within the county council’s responsibility as highway authority and property owner.

b)    To delegate the award of the contract, and any future extensions, to Director of Environment & Highways in consultation with Cabinet Member for Highways Construction and Repair

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet received a report which outlined the need for a Tree Care Framework Contract and set out the approach undertaken to secure the best mechanism and value for money provision to deliver service requirements.

Councillor Liz Leffman, Cabinet Member for Highways Construction and Repair, presented the report.

Members noted that the framework would cover the management of approximately 400,000 trees across highways and other Council-owned land, enabling a structured inspection regime and improved responsiveness to maintenance requirements. The procurement process had attracted significant interest, with multiple contractors applying, and that the framework would support more localised and efficient delivery of services.

Councillor Leffman moved and Councillor Epps seconded the recommendations and they were approved.

RESOLVED to:-

a)    approve the use of a Tree Care Framework Contract model to deliver planned and responsive tree management activity for trees within the county council’s responsibility as highway authority and property owner.

b)    To delegate the award of the contract, and any future extensions, to Director of Environment & Highways in consultation with Cabinet Member for Highways Construction and Repair