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Trees and/or Rewilding - Where does the continuing income come from ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 6674022" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>Trees are already protected. Once they reach 3" diameter at breast height they would need a felling licence to cut down, and you can't get one without a replanting plan in place. Anyone signing up for a tree planting scheme is pretty much locked into woodland in perpetuity. You'd only get out of it if the trees were still small and you paid back all the grant money received.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831638/Tree_Felling_-_Getting_Permission.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831638/Tree_Felling_-_Getting_Permission.pdf</a> </p><p></p><p>Note Section 4.5.2: Conversion of woodland to Agricultural: </p><p></p><p><em>We will not normally agree to woodland clearance for conversion to agricultural use. If this is what you want to do, we may ask the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to assess the contribution that the conversion of the land to agriculture would make to the economic viability of your agricultural holding before making our decision. It is likely that if we do agree to the conversion to agriculture, you will be required to create an equivalent area of replacement woodland. Without this, your proposal is likely to be refused. You will need to complete an EIA deforestation enquiry form and submit it with your felling licence application </em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 6674022, member: 818"] Trees are already protected. Once they reach 3" diameter at breast height they would need a felling licence to cut down, and you can't get one without a replanting plan in place. Anyone signing up for a tree planting scheme is pretty much locked into woodland in perpetuity. You'd only get out of it if the trees were still small and you paid back all the grant money received. [URL]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831638/Tree_Felling_-_Getting_Permission.pdf[/URL] Note Section 4.5.2: Conversion of woodland to Agricultural: [i]We will not normally agree to woodland clearance for conversion to agricultural use. If this is what you want to do, we may ask the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to assess the contribution that the conversion of the land to agriculture would make to the economic viability of your agricultural holding before making our decision. It is likely that if we do agree to the conversion to agriculture, you will be required to create an equivalent area of replacement woodland. Without this, your proposal is likely to be refused. You will need to complete an EIA deforestation enquiry form and submit it with your felling licence application [/i] [/QUOTE]
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