Woodland Management

Bell Ingram manages a wide range of woodland properties, from extensive commercial conifer plantations to mixed estate woodlands, providing a comprehensive and individual service designed to achieve full potential of the woodland and meet your specific needs.

Our professional foresters are experienced in all practical aspects of woodland management, including forest mapping and management planning, timber harvesting, woodland creation and public access.

Bell Ingram’s cost-effective planning and management of woodland operations combined with our knowledge of current timber markets, efficient administration of grants and the benefit of sound investment advice gives you the best possible return from your commercial woodland.

We base our management of timber crops on the firm belief that quality timber is important to both the buyers and the individual owners. We understand owners’ wishes to see the development of their woodlands not only as financial assets but also as sporting, amenity and multiple-use properties. This is taken into account at all stages of the process.

We also work with clients who wish to undertake woodland creation projects and are able to deal with the whole process from the initial design and grant approval stage, through to implementation, maintenance and final establishment. For larger schemes, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) may also be required.

Over the past few years Bell Ingram has successfully secured a number of Locational Premium Schemes, allowing landowners to benefit from the additional incentives on offer and find an alternative land-use for marginal agricultural land.

Environmental Forestry Management

We are committed to the protection of the environment and we ensure all woodlands are managed in a sustainable manner that maximises the benefit to wildlife, particularly priority species such as red squirrel and black grouse. Sound environmental practice is independently verified through Bell Ingram’s UKWAS (UK Woodland Assurance Standard) compliant Group Certification Scheme, providing you with affordable access to what is now an essential requirement for successful timber marketing.

 








Insurance for Forestry Management

Similarly, Bell Ingram has set up a Group Insurance Scheme with Willis’ Insurance brokers to ensure that clients can enjoy the best value woodland insurance cover on the market.

In addition to more conventional forestry activities, we also provide a range of other services; such as transforming even-aged crops to continuous cover forests (CCF) as well as cost-effective native woodland restoration.

Urban Woodlands - Woodland Sales and Management

In recent years we have developed our expertise in managing woods close to urban areas, including the development of community partnerships and the planning and implementation of public access projects.

Forestry Consultancy in the UK

In addition to long-term clients, Bell Ingram also carries out one-off consultancy work. This work can include all aspects of woodland management in addition to other specialist woodland and tree related services.

Woodland Valuation & Sales

Our forestry team maintains close contact within woodland sales markets and is ideally placed to deal with all aspects of woodland acquisition and disposal, regularly providing investment advice, producing woodland valuation reports and bringing properties to the market.

All available properties are listed in woodlands for sale

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Project Management

Our experience as woodland managers has many cross-over applications and we provide project management services to numerous commercial clients in areas such as the re-instatement of woodlands, land clearance for road or civil construction projects, environmental monitoring, the creation of urban woodlands, shelterbelts and woodland valuations and compensation claims.

Arboriculture

In addition to surveys and tree reports, our arboricultural services include advice to architects and developers regarding tree management, protection and planting (working in accordance with British Standard 5837 Trees in Relation to Construction) and project management at the implementation stage.

Mapping, GIS & Surveys

Bell Ingram also provides a comprehensive digital mapping service which includes surveys, photo interpretation and mapping for forest and estate management, deed plans and property sales. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) can be set up and maintained for advanced management tasks.

Our clients include:

• Numerous farms and private rural estates
• BP (Innovene) and Shell Property Co. Ltd
• Forestry Commission Scotland
• Ministry of Defence
• Utility companies such as Scottish Water
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• National Grid Transco
• Developers such as Tulloch Homes Limited
• The Woodland Trust
• UK Coal Mining Ltd
• Various Investment Managers

For further information please contact us and we will be pleased to assist you with your queries.