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One must work within good practice guidance if undertaking works; these requirements are too exhaustive to list here! Otherwise a licence must be obtained from English Nature (commonly through the Forestry Commission) for any work to be done to avoid a fine or imprisonment!
Incidentally this legislation is autonomous from health and safety requirements. Should a dangerous tree need felling, known to harbour bats or other EPS’s, Forestry Commission advice at a recent seminar was to contact English Nature in the first instance!
Further information is being added to the Forestry Commission website www.forestry.gov.uk/england-protectedspecies. For further information and advice, please contact Philip Hulland at our
