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Guides and articles on tree work, vegetation clearance and planting, written for the people who commission and manage that work.
LatestGuide · 15 October 2026
Tree Preservation Orders: how to check a tree and what permission felling needs
How to check for a Tree Preservation Order or conservation area, when a felling licence is needed, how long each route takes and which exceptions apply.
- 01 What is protected
- 02 Permission finder
- 03 Size and volume
- 04 Timescales
- 05 Exceptions
- 06 Getting it wrong
Guide · 15 October 2026
Stock, deer and rabbit fencing: heights, mesh and what each fence has to stop
Stock, deer and rabbit fence heights, mesh, posts and stake spacing, drawn to scale for each animal, with a run planner and the checks to make before fencing.
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Guide · 30 September 2026
Bird nesting season in the UK: dates, the law and what it means for tree and clearance work
When the UK bird nesting season runs, what the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects, and how tree and clearance work is planned around active nests.
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Guide · 30 September 2026
Ash dieback: stages, symptoms and what landowners have to do
How to recognise ash dieback, the four stages of crown decline, what the law expects of tree owners and why affected ash is dismantled by machine.
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Article · 20 February 2026
What role does modern forestry—such as mixed species planting—play in UK rural economies and achieving net zero carbon?
Read about mixed-species planting and how a varied choice of trees and shrubs can support biodiversity and landscape resilience.
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