Property managementProperty management
If you own or manage buildings and land in the High Weald your decisions are likely to have an impact on the area's special features.
Our High Weald Story videos provide a good introduction to the features, whilst this section aims to help you:
- find out more about the history of your property
- identify the special features that you may own
- understand the management that the features require
- find advisors who may be able to give you site-specific advice
- track down grants to assist with management.
New horse logging service Owners of woodland around Heathfield can now hire horses to help with timber extraction through local company Sussex Horse Logging. Horse logging is ideal for steep or difficult terrain that is hard to access with machinery. It also has less impact o... Read more |
Wildflower meadows on BBC Countryfile The High Weald's wildflower grasslands were featured on the BBC's Countryfile this week. Keith Datchler and Dawn Brickwood from the Weald Meadows Initiative explained how wildflower meadows are being restored on a large scale in East Sussex, using mo... Read more |
Livestock trailer & Landrover hire service To help landowners undertake conservation grazing on species-rich grassland & heathlands landowners can hire a Landrover and Ivor Willams trailer to move livestock from site to site Read more |
Free Advisory Visits On offer to High Weald residents with land greater than 1 acre. The visit will give you the chance to: explore maps showing the historical development of your property; learn more about its special landscape Read more |
Grants for local action! Approximately £20,000 is available in the High Weald Sustainable Development Fund for 2010/11. Grants will normally be in the range of £500 to £2000 per project and up to 50% of expenditure, though in exceptional circumstances grants of up to 75% may... Read more |
Horse Pasture Management Do you own horses? If so you will find the these guides to horse pasture management useful. The guidance has been produced by Surrey County Council on how pastures can be managed not only for the well-being of horses, but also to benefit the landscap... Read more |
