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Growing  trees and  planting in the woods.

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  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543

    There's a few horse chestnuts growing where they've seeded and no one has dug them up, they will grow anywhere. But if you want a big tree it will need space.

    If you ask the council they might find you somewhere to plant them. I know if someone wants to grow things the council has a  duty to find somewhere to grow things.

    Just been visiting some of my previous threads

    @Logan4
    I did not know that the council have that duty that you describe above. Thank you for advising on that. Anyone got links to this?

    @Mike Allen
    Thank you.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2020

    There's a few horse chestnuts growing where they've seeded and no one has dug them up, they will grow anywhere. But if you want a big tree it will need space.

    If you ask the council they might find you somewhere to plant them. I know if someone wants to grow things the council has a  duty to find somewhere to grow things.

    Just been visiting some of my previous threads

    @Logan4
    I did not know that the council have that duty that you describe above. Thank you for advising on that. Anyone got links to this?

    @Mike Allen
    Thank you.

    I think the council's duty is limited to providing allotments for people to grow food for their own household's use.  I think there are rules about growing stuff to sell.  

    https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/36/part/II/crossheading/provision-of-allotments/enacted?view=plain

    There have been amendments to the legislation since, but that's the link to the basic information.  Pretty sure that the establishment of a woodland on an allotment is not allowed.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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