Comprehensive Woodland Management
Consultancy services for woodland owners
Specialists in broadleaf woodland management, Woodland Condition Assessment (inc. for Biodiversity Net Gain), coppicing and tree surveying - offering advice, felling licence applications, management plans, baseline surveys, tree health reports and more.
Serving Gloucestershire, Monmouth, Hereford, Bristol, South Wales and beyond.
Advice on managing woodlands
We provide expert guidance on woodland management practices, including felling and forest regeneration. We survey for safety issues (including from ash dieback), biodiversity and potential revenue.
Felling licence applications
Our team assists clients in navigating the complex process of obtaining felling licences, ensuring compliance with regulations and maximising timber value. We can undertake the application for you.
Management plans
We develop customised management plans that outline long-term strategies for sustainable woodland management, taking into account ecological and commercial considerations. Our specialism is in managing woods for biodiversity.
Tree inspection
Fully qualified as Professional Tree Inspectors, we can inspect individual trees, assessing their health and any safety issues. We can advise on works that may need to be carried out on diseased trees (e.g. with ash dieback).
Biodiversity Net Gain
Could your land be eligible for payments through the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme? We can carry out Woodland Condition Assessments for Biodiversity Net Gain.
Operations management
We can manage works to be carried out in your woodland, ensuring they are completed safely and in accordance with the UK Forestry Standard. We have 15 years of experience managing woodland felling operations.
Grants management
We can identify and apply for relevant grants on your behalf, and manage woodland aspects of Countryside Stewardship agreements.
Course facilitation
Do you have a group looking to learn about woodland management principles and practice? We can offer bespoke tuition.
About Us
Joseph Weaver - agent and consultancy services for all your woodland management needs
Comprehensive Woodland Management specialises in providing woodland management advisory services. The consultancy is run by Joseph Weaver MSc, who has more than 15 years' experience in the field. Joe has been offering sound advice to woodland owners for over a decade, drawing on his postgraduate qualification in forestry and hands-on knowledge of the surveying, reports and plans that lead to woodlands being managed in the best way to achieve objectives.
We can advise on Ancient Woodland, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, coppice, undermanaged woodlands, high forest, post-war non-native plantations for conversion to mixed woodland, native woodland requiring interventions... We can help with everything from baseline surveys for Biodiversity Net Gain (Woodland Condition Assessments) to individual tree surveys and felling licence applications. Our clients include owners of private small woods just a few acres in size, and organisations managing large estates with public access. Our key aim is to help bring more woodlands into management, for safe enjoyment, increased biodiversity, and sustainable homegrown wood products.
CWM aims to provide advice tailored to clients' needs, be the woodland 1 acre or 1,000. We are specialists in coppicing and managing broadleaf woodlands for biodiversity, in line with the UK Forestry Standard. Joe Weaver also holds the Professional Tree Inspection qualification, and is experienced in surveying for ash dieback. We can also draw up plans for woodland creation. If you are worried about individual trees and keeping your site safe, we can help; if you are looking for a Forestry Commission approved Woodland Management Plan, speak to us!
Based in Gloucestershire, we also serve surrounding areas including Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Bristol, Somerset and S.Wales. We may be able to help if your woodland is beyond this region - please give us a call.
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