Aboriculture Services

 

Wildwood Ecology is a purpose-driven ecological and arboricultural consultancy, strategically partnering with local authorities, architectural practices and planning consultancies to deliver truly sustainable developments.

Arboriculture refers to the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.

Arborists are involved in the study of how these plants grow and respond to cultural practices and to their environment. Trees provide us with a multitude of benefits; including social, environmental and economic, and play an essential role in tackling the adverse effects of climate change. Quite simply, trees should be considered one of our most valuable assets, and they require careful management delivered by most experienced specialists.
Arboricultural Association, Professional Member
Tree surveys and arboricultural reports (British Standard BS5837:2012)
To inform your planning application or development where trees, woodland, or hedgerows, are on or adjacent to your site.
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Arboriculture Method Statements
Typically required to discharge a condition of planning consent, where construction occurs within Root Protection Areas or could otherwise detrimentally affect retained trees, woodland, or hedgerows.
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Arboriculture Clerk of Works
Monitoring and supervision of works by an appointed arborist during construction, typically required by the Local Planning Authority, following planning consent.

We can provide an appointed arborist to supervise work during the site clearance and construction phases of development.

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Woodland and Parkland Management Plans
To provide landowners or estates with a structured way to organise the sustainable management of their woodland and parkland trees, in-line with the UK Forestry Standards, and to maximise their biodiversity value for future generations.
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Veteran and Ancient Tree Assessments
A survey and assessment to identify veteran, ancient, and historic trees or woodland, with the aim to improve the condition of this critically important habitat.
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Basic Tree Inspections
Provide a rapid risk assessment of trees on your property or land, with a report that will identify any reasonably foreseeable risks and an auditable schedule to manage those risks.
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Tree Preservation Order Advice

To help inform tree owners of their responsibilities and options regarding the maintenance and management of trees subject to a TPO, or within a Conservation Area.

Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is made by a local planning authority in England, to protect specific trees, groups of trees, or woodland in the interests of amenity. A TPO prohibits the cutting down, topping, lopping, uprooting, or other wilful damage and destruction of such trees without the local planning authority’s written consent. We can provide bespoke arboricultural advice to help inform your responsibilities and options relating to TPOs, including providing reasonable comments or objections to a newly made TPO, and submitting an application to carry out management work on trees protected by a TPO.

Bespoke: Advice relating to Tree Preservation Orders and Conservation Areas

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Tree Felling Licence Applications

To provide advice relating to the felling of trees on your property and determine whether you will need to apply for a felling licence to allow you to fell trees or woodland legally.

Tree felling is a legally controlled activity in the UK, which normally requires permission from the Forestry Commission, outside of certain exceptions. Felling trees without a licence may constitute a breach of the Forestry Act of 1967 and the EIA Forestry Regulations of 1998. We can provide arboricultural advice to help you understand your legal obligations relating to tree felling, whether this is removing individual trees on a property or long-term woodland management.

Bespoke: Advice relating to Tree Felling Licences.

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CAVAT Tree Valuations

The Capital Asset Valuation of Amenity Trees (CAVAT) system is a nationally recognised methodology for assigning monetary figures to the amenity value of trees in public or open spaces.

The CAVAT system is often used where trees are removed or damaged and a claim for compensation from the local planning authority or other legal body is required. It can also be used strategically to determine the asset value of trees or urban forest resources in the public realm, either for a planning application or to inform ongoing management and resource allocation. We can undertake an assessment using the CAVAT tool to provide a monetary value for your trees, where this has been requested by a tree officer or other statutory body.

CAVAT Tree Survey
To collect the necessary survey data and photographs of affected trees.
CAVAT Report
Setting out the methodology and capital value of affected trees using the valuation matrix.

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