Online resources
The council’s website contains general advice on tree management, tree preservation, climate change and lists useful links other than those listed here.
- Durham County Council website has information sheets on:
- Trees and Buildings
- Garden Hedgerows
- Hedgerow Planting and Restoration
- Hedgerow Species mixtures
- Hedge Trimming and
- Hedge Laying and Coppicing
- Department of Communities and Local Government has the following publications that can be downloaded or requested from Communities and Local Government Publications, PO Box 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB:
- Protected trees: A Guide to Tree Preservation Procedures
- Over the Garden Hedge
- The Right Hedge for You: a guide to choosing a garden hedge
- Hedge Selector
- Hedge Height and Light Loss
- High Hedges Complaints: Prevention and Cure
- High Hedges: complaining to the Council
- British Geological Survey
- The Royal Horticultural Society
- Hedgeline
- Arboricultural Information Exchange
Printed information
- BS 5837 Code of Practice for Trees in relation to construction
- NHBC Standards Chapter 4.2 Building near trees
- Zurich Municipal Builders Guidance Notes BGN 3A Foundations: Proximity of trees in clay soils
- Tree Roots in the Built Environment, published by the Department of Communities and Local Government
ISBN 978 0 11 753620 3 - Collins Garden Trees Handbook by Alan Toogood
ISBN 0-00-412578-9 - Collins Field Guide: Trees of Britain and Northern Europe by Alan Mitchell
ISBN 0-00-218213-6 - Collins Tree Guide by Owen Johnson and David More
ISBN 0-00-719163-4 - The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs published by David & Charles
ISBN 0-7153-9942-X - The Complete Guide to Trees of Britain and Northern Europe by Alan Mitchell and David More, published by Parkgate Books
ISBN 1-85585-349-3 - Trees for Small Gardens (a Wisley handbook), published by The Royal Horticultural Society
ISBN 0-304-31108-1 - The Tree and Shrub Expert by Dr D G Hessayon, published by Expert Books
ISNB 0-903505-17-1 - The Evergreen Expert by Dr D G Hessayon, published by Expert Books
ISBN 0-903535-51-7 - The Flowering Shrub Expert by Dr D G Hessayon, published by Expert Books
ISBN 0-903505-39-8
