SSSI and woodland management

[Rob D]

Is there anyone knowledable on areas that are deemed SSSI and how that impacts what you do on them?

 

Say for instance if there was a lake - do you need permission to put in a pontoon or have a boat?

Are there further requirements in terms of things that need doing when it comes to woodland management.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance for replies.

[John Shutler]

i’ve just taken on a SSSI site and am in dialogue with Natural England about what they want to see in terms of management moving forward. We also had to get permission from NE for the tree safety works around the perimeter adjacent to the highway, this involved the he submission of a method statement for approval which detailed how the works would be carried without causing harm to the SSSI. we were also given a period for when the works must be completed, in our case it was an 8 week window.

[petercb]

Lots of info in this post about sssi woodland etc.

[Treenutter]

Simple answer, if its a SSSI you will need permission to do almost anything on the land or close to it

[Rob D]

22 hours ago, John Shutler said:

i’ve just taken on a SSSI site and am in dialogue with Natural England about what they want to see in terms of management moving forward. We also had to get permission from NE for the tree safety works around the perimeter adjacent to the highway, this involved the he submission of a method statement for approval which detailed how the works would be carried without causing harm to the SSSI. we were also given a period for when the works must be completed, in our case it was an 8 week window.

 

 

Cheers John - am goingto give NE a call next week and see what they say.

[Rob D]

19 hours ago, petercb said:

Lots of info in this post about sssi woodland etc.

 

 

Ideal will look through that.

[Amarus]

The previous thread has been referenced already but some more pointers:

 

FC guidance which sends you to the NE page. If you have not done it already, check all the documents you can find on this site when you search for the name of your SSSI.

 

Find out why was it designated as an SSSI and what the reports are saying about the condition etc. Read the VAM (what NE would like to see) and ORNEC (what do you need consent for) documents. 

 

The most important thing, however, is getting in touch with NE.