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Tree Health Pilot Case Studies for the proactive management of spruce within the Ips typographus demarcated area

Find out how Tree Health Pilot grants could help manage or fell spruce trees, restock woodland and maintain newly planted trees if the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is present.

Applies to England

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Two case studies looking at how Tree Health Pilot grants could help manage or fell spruce trees, restock woodland and maintain newly planted trees.

Hole Park Estate

Key facts

  • location: Hole Park Estate,Kent
  • land type: Norway spruce plantation and other remnant spruce around estate from old Christmas tree plantations
  • area: 1.13 ha plantation and 185 individual spruce trees (Norway, Serbian and Blue) across a 907 ha estate
  • area restocked: 1.13 ha
  • species restocked: Oak,Wild Service, Field Maple, Hornbeam, Scots pine, Yew, Wild cherry, Holly, Hawthorn, Blackthorn
  • grants applied for: Felling, biosecurity, restocking, maintenance
  • timeframe: 12 months from Expression of Interest to completion of felling and restocking

Moorlands

Key facts

  • location: Moorlands, East Sussex
  • land type: Peri-urban countryside house and garden
  • no. of hectares: 0.14 ha Norway spruce in 2.6 ha garden
  • no. of trees restocked: 100
  • species restocked: Hornbeam, small-leaved lime, hazel, oak, birch
  • grants applied for: Felling, restocking, maintenance
  • timeframe: 6 months from Expression of Interest to completion of felling
Published 10 October 2023