RESOLVED: That

(1)  the recommendations of the scrutiny panel’s review of the Wirral Tree Strategy be noted and endorsed:

(2)  the Wirral Tree Strategy be noted and endorsed;

(3)  the creation of an advisory board made up of Council representatives and partners to monitor progress against the Strategy’s objectives and action plan be approved;

(4)  the Director of Neighbourhood Services be authorised to develop the action plan to fully implement the Strategy; and

(5)  it be noted that the Tree Strategy can be a material consideration in planning applications and therefore a matter that will be taken into account in delegated officer decision making and decisions of the Planning Committee.