HDA carries out tree surveys and assessment to British Standard 5837, often as part of a wholistic suite of project inputs including landscape, masterplanning and ecology.
HDA’s arboriculturalists prepare Arboricultural Impact Assessments and Arboricultural Method Statements.
HDA also carries out Walkover Tree Surveys that provide an informed overview of the existing tree constraints on sites that are being considered for inclusion as development sites within Local Plans or where a client is carrying out a feasibility study on the development potential of a site.
project examples
BUCKLEBURY FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME
HDA provided comprehensive tree consultancy services during the design and construction of this flood alleviation scheme within the North Wessex Downs AONB. This included conducting a tree survey in accordance with BS5837 and producing an initial Arboricultural Implications Assessment (AIA) and Tree Constraints Plan (TCP) to inform the positioning and detailed design of the scheme. …
HOUGHTON REGIS
HDA provided ecological and arboricultural input in support of the successful EIA application for the construction of up to 5150 residential dwellings and associated employment, education, infrastructure and open space at approximately 262ha of land at Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. The work was carried out on behalf of Lands Improvement Holdings (LIH). The work also included …
ROGATE WOODLAND
HDA prepared woodland restoration proposals for a woodland estate in West Sussex, as part of a management plan which accompanied the successful planning application for a sustainable home in the South Downs National Park. The plan aims to increase native broadleaf cover across the estate, and create a mixed age structure with glades and rides. …
BIDDENHAM
Land north of the Bromham Road, Biddenham is a mixed use development extending over 130 hectares between Biddenham and the River Great Ouse. It includes 1,300 dwellings, a neighbourhood centre, employment land, community and school facilities, a Country Park and nature reserve and the final section of the Bedford Western Bypass. HDA has provided landscape, …