I’ve been writing a response to this year’s England Tree Strategy Consultation. This is the essentially the final draft, which I will submit before the deadline on the 11th: TreeStrategy2020Response.pdf
I focus on three problems with the planning system and the the new firewood regulations:
- Consistent national guidelines for the minimum size of sheds, barns etc which will be viewed as reasonably necessary for forestry.
- Processing wood into finished products should be classed within the definition of forestry, when using wood from the same woodland.
- Woodland-based education should be classed as forestry.
- The legal requirement to join the Woodsure auditing scheme at the cost of hundreds of pounds a year will wipe out any profit for many small woodland owners.
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