February conservation highlightsDuring February, contractors felled a small area of chestnut coppice at Spring Park, which will bring the trees into the sixteen-year coppice cycle. Coppicing revives the chestnuts making them more resilient to pests and diseases, and less likely…
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Ashtead Common, Surrey: Newsletter March 2024
All revved up: Rangers top up their chainsaw skillsIn a bid to sharpen their skills, rangers from Ashtead Common joined colleagues from the Coulsdon Commons at the end of February for a three-day chainsaw refresher course. Practicing within the picturesque…
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Epping Forest: Consultation Response on Replacement Essex Minerals Local Plan 2025 to 2040
Essex County Council, Minerals Planning Consultation, County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH Date: 08/03/2024 Dear Sir / Madam, Replacement Essex Minerals Local Plan review 2025 to 2040 – Consultation Response I refer to the above draft plan. Epping Forest is…
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Happy 150th Birthday to Liverpool Street Station!
This week, colleagues from across the rail industry and leading organisations from the Bishopsgate community gathered to pay tribute to celebrate the milestone 150th Anniversary of London’s Liverpool Street Station. Peter, Lord Hendy of Richard Hill, in his capacity as…
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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications
This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULMAJ/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; MDC – Submission of Details; TPO – Tree Preservation Order Retail Unit 7 Lower Concourse Liverpool…
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Burnham Beeches & Stoke Common, Buckinghamshire – Newsletter Feb 2024
Report confirms the value of the Beeches and Stoke Common A new report has revealed that, over a fifty year period, Burnham Beeches and Stoke Common delivers £130million of benefits to the public through recreation, health and wellbeing, air and water quality…
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Coulsdon Commons, Croydon, London – Newsletter Feb 2024
What a lot of hedge! The beauty and biodiversity benefits of hedges are capturing media attention, thanks to a ground-breaking study—the most comprehensive map of hedgerows across England. This new map is crafted from aerial laser scanning of England’s entire landscape using…
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West Wickham, Bromley, London – Newsletter Feb 2024
Volunteers back in action, thinning holly and enhancing woodland diversity Kickstarting the first conservation work party of 2024, the volunteers gathered on West Wickham Common to assist the Ranger in thinning the woodland understory and addressing a dense pocket of…
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Ashtead Common, Surrey – Newsletter Feb 2024
Reviving tradition, from woodland to hedge On a fresh, sunny Saturday morning in January, the Surrey Hedgelaying Group paid a visit to Ashtead Common. Their mission: to harvest hazel stakes and binders destined for laying a hedge at Horsley Meadows. This particular coupe, set to be…
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Epping Forest – Newsletter Feb 2024
Hands-on conservation: Making a difference one task at a time Over the last 47 years The Epping Forest Conservation Volunteers (EFCV) have completed more than 2000 conservation tasks, leaving behind a legacy of positive impressions across the Forest. On a…
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