Bel's Wood

My offer has been accepted on plot 3. There is quite a way to go with completing the purchase which will take 6-8 weeks (target late October 2020). The plot is about 8hectares, on a slope and has a mixture of trees, bracken and gorse (2m high in many places) and both are preventing further trees from becoming established. There is a stream running through it and a road running along the bottom. There is no access point currently and it is not fenced off from the neighbouring plots. More details on the site will follow but not until the ownership has been acquired. Planning a strategy for Bel’s Wood There are three complementary goals: 1. Increase carbon sequestration 2. Increase biodiversity 3. Use the plot as an amenity  Carbon sequestration One of the aims for acquiring land is to increase carbon capture and a make a small but positive contribution to carbon neutrality by 2040. One national policy is ‘planting more trees’ and hence my desire to plant a new wood on land that has bee