Trees provide valuable habitats for wildlife, improve the air we breathe, help to conserve energy in nearby buildings and much more. The Government Department of Communities and Local Government deals with all matters relating to trees that are grown mainly because they help to improve the quality of our lives, rather than for their value as a timber crop. These are known as 'amenity trees', though their benefits go well beyond making places appear more attractive. Amenity trees are found in parks and other open spaces, or lining the sides of our streets, railways, rivers and canals. They also include all the trees in our own gardens - in town and country alike.

James Hambley is able to provide guidance and information to tree owners on the protection of these assets, as well as how to get consent from a local authority to fell or prune a protected tree.