Arboricultural Tree Management
Arboricultural Management Services for Sustainable Tree Care and Landscape Health
Effective tree management is about understanding the condition of your trees, identifying potential risks and planning the work needed to keep them safe, healthy and sustainable. A structured approach allows tree owners and land managers to prioritise maintenance, plan future works and manage budgets more effectively. It can also help identify potential issues before they develop into more significant problems.
From individual trees and private estates to large landholdings, highways and infrastructure networks, PJC provides practical arboricultural advice tailored to the needs of each site. Survey programmes, management schedules and risk assessments can all be developed to provide a clear and proportionate approach to ongoing tree management.
Our arboricultural management services assess and report on the current health and condition of the your tree stock, so to determine future requirements and meet necessary health and safety obligations. The PJC arboricultural team have extensive knowledge and experience in holistic arboricultural asset management. We work with a range of clients from homeowners and private estates owners to large infrastructure managers throughout Kent, Sussex and the South of England, providing arboricultural tree surveys covering location, condition, safety, and maintenance programmes for their tree stock.
A proactive approach to tree management
We develop bespoke tree surveys, inspection schedules and management strategies to meet the specific needs of our clients, providing practical solutions for managing trees and woodlands safely, efficiently and cost-effectively.
“Infrequent or reactive tree surveys can result in the accumulation of remedial works, unexpected expenditure and increased management challenges. A proactive approach provides greater control over tree management, helping to spread costs, prioritise risk and maintain trees and woodlands effectively over the long term.”
Luke White, Managing Director & Senior Arboriculturist
A structured, risk-based approach to tree and woodland management helps clients plan ahead, prioritise essential works and manage long-term costs. By establishing appropriate tree works budgets and a robust programme of regular surveys and inspections, potential issues can be identified and addressed before they become more significant and costly.
Survey
Establish an accurate picture of the trees across your site, including their location, condition and potential risks.
Assess
Review the condition and significance of the tree stock and identify any management requirements.
Plan
Develop a practical management strategy, prioritising works according to risk, urgency and available budgets.
Manage
Implement an appropriate programme of inspection and maintenance, helping to keep your tree stock safe, healthy and sustainable.
Review
Regularly reassess trees and update management recommendations as their condition and surroundings change.
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Arboricultural Asset Valuation
By utilising the Capital Asset Valuation of Amenity Trees (CAVAT) method, PJC’s experienced arboricultural consultants can put a monetary value to the amenity benefits of a tree. This tool is regarded as one of the principle and most effective method of tree valuation in the UK.
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Arboricultural Asset Management
PJC can assess and report on the current health and condition of your tree stock, so to determine future management requirements and implement arboricultural management strategies.
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Arboricultural Condition and Safety Surveys, Management Strategies and Risk Assessments
PJC work with local authorities, highway and railway authorities, and utility providers and produce detailed tree management strategies and risk assessments across large estates and land ownership portfolios.
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Woodland Management
PJC offers a full range of forestry management services to owners, including the production of woodland management plans, completion of timber valuations and production of tree planting specifications.
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Tree Decay Detection
If you are concerned about the structural condition of a tree, our PiCUS Sonic Tomography service provides advanced tree decay detection without unnecessary damage to the tree.
Discover MoreMeet Our Arboricultural Consultants
PJC’s arboricultural team have a collective 40+ years of professional arboricultural consultancy experience and have been integral to the success of hundreds of planning applications in the south-east. Our consultants are academically qualified in arboriculture and are professional members of the Arboricultural Association and the Institute of Chartered Foresters.
Luke White
FdSc Arboriculture M.Arbor.A
Managing Director & Senior Arboriculturist
Luke White
FdSc Arboriculture M.Arbor.A
Managing Director & Senior Arboriculturist
As owner and managing director at PJC, Luke leads the company operations and provides strategic guidance and direction to the team to ensure the company achieves its mission and objectives. He also undertakes a role of Senior Arboriculturist at PJC, and completes a vast array of arboricultural surveys and reports, working closely with his longstanding portfolio of clients.
Luke has worked in many areas of the arboricultural and forestry sectors, including as a climbing arborist, a forestry worker, a private woodland manager, within the woodchip biomass industry, and as an arboriculturist for a large multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in major transport projects throughout the UK. Luke holds a foundation degree in science in arboriculture, is a professional member of the Arboricultural Association and an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. He has extensive experience undertaking and managing large-scale hazard evaluation surveys and providing guidance, technical reports, and support to assist with planning and development in relation to trees.
Key personal attributes – Personable, Pragmatic, Honest
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Nick Betts
HND Forestry M.Arbor.A
Senior Arboriculturist
Nick Betts
HND Forestry M.Arbor.A
Senior Arboriculturist
Nick has been with PJC since its creation in 2008. Prior to moving into consultancy he has worked as a contracts manager and tree works estimator, and before that as an arborist, leading teams in powerline clearance and infrastructure such as highway and railway tree management. Nick began his career in forestry over 25 years ago working in harvesting, tree planting and aftercare. Having a broad base of knowledge to draw on he produces woodland management plans, undertakes large condition and safety inspections and development surveys. Having been involved with large scale infrastructure surveys since 2005 he advises local authorities, managing agents and landowners on tree management strategy. He is professional member of the Arboricultural Association, a LANTRA qualified professional tree inspector with a higher national diploma in forestry management.
Key personal attributes – Reliable, forward thinking, innovative
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Peter Davies
FdSc Arboriculture M.ArborA
Principal Arboriculturist & Technical Specialist (BS:5837)
Peter Davies
FdSc Arboriculture M.ArborA
Principal Arboriculturist & Technical Specialist (BS:5837)
Pete has spent his entire adult life working in the arboricultural industry. He started his arboricultural career in tree surgery as a groundsman and climbing arborist before joining PJC as a part-time arboricultural consultant back in 2006, going full-time in 2008. Pete has been a practicing arboricultural consultant for over 15 years. During this time he has worked on a vast array of complex projects, producing BS5837 compliant reports for developments across the south-east. Pete holds a foundation degree arboriculture, is a qualified Professional Tree Inspector and is a professional member of the Arboricultural Association.
Key personal attributes – Dedicated, Conscientious, Professional
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Nick Hollett
Level 3 BTEC ND Forestry and Arboriculture
Arboriculturist
Nick Hollett
Level 3 BTEC ND Forestry and Arboriculture
Arboriculturist
Nick has a level 3 National Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture, and Level 2 BTEC Foundation Diploma Countryside and Environment. He has been working in the arboricultural and environmental industry for 15 years, and has extensive experience in the practical side of the industry including habitat creation and habitat maintenance. He started his career as a forestry worker and millworker for a well know cricket bat manufacture, undertaking harvesting, tree planting and aftercare and working in the sawmill. He then progressed as a tree surgeon and landscape contractor, working in both the private and commercial sectors and delivering works on major infrastructure projects for both highways and railways.
Nick joined the PJC team in 2022 and will be working alongside our experienced team of arboricultural consultants to build his technical knowledge as he works toward a career in consultancy.
Key personal attributes– dependable, driven, indefatigable