Forestry, Trees & Hedgerows
Tree Health & Biosecurity
Ash dieback, plant passports and the pests already on their way.
Tree health is a biosecurity discipline first and an arboriculture discipline second. This module carries tree inventory and condition, ash dieback assessment and safety management, plant passport records for material moved onto the holding, statutory pest and disease reporting, and the funded restocking that follows a health-driven felling.
- 12 capabilities
- 3 linked schemes
- Offline capable
- 12
- Capabilities in this module
- 5
- Interactive tools
- 3
- Linked support schemes
- 5
- Data integrations
- 5
- Measures reported
The ground reality
What is actually happening in tree health in the UK
Ash dieback has forced a nationwide reassessment of tree safety along highways, footpaths and boundaries, with landowner liability attaching to trees adjacent to public access. Plant passporting obligations apply to the movement of most propagating material, and statutory notification duties apply to a defined list of quarantine pests and diseases.
Figures are as published at the time of writing. Farm policy and payment rates change frequently — verify against the primary source before relying on any number here.
In the field
Tree health, as it actually looks
Photography from working UK holdings alongside the interface that records it. Every frame below is a commissioned slot: the brief is stated until the photograph is taken.
Tree Health — a walkthrough
A working pass through tree health: entering the record once, and watching it appear in the evidence pack, the calendar and the scheme application without being typed again.
- 0:00 What the module is for
- 0:48 Entering the record
- 2:05 Where it appears next
- 3:20 The evidence pack
Photography slots state their own brief until the shot is commissioned, so the layout never shifts when real images arrive.
Capabilities
What Tree Health does
Every capability below is built on the same underlying record, so entering something once is enough for it to appear wherever it is needed.
Record and plan
- Tree and woodland condition inventory with individual tree records where required
- Ash dieback assessment scoring with safety-priority triage
- Highway, footpath and boundary tree risk register with inspection intervals
Operate and monitor
- Statutory notifiable pest and disease reporting workflow
- Plant passport record for incoming propagating material
- Biosecurity protocol for visitors, contractors and machinery
Comply and evidence
- Tree Health scheme grant application and restocking planning
- Felling licence interaction where health-driven felling is required
- Contractor instruction and safe system of work documentation
Analyse and improve
- Photographic condition monitoring with repeat-point comparison
- Species diversification planning to reduce future epidemic exposure
- Insurance and liability evidence pack for tree-related claims
Interactive
Tools you actually use, not screens you read
These are working interfaces inside the module — maps, calculators, planners and dashboards that respond to your own holding data.
Ash dieback triage tool producing a prioritised works schedule
Ash dieback triage tool producing a prioritised works schedule
ToolTree risk register map with inspection due dates
Tree risk register map with inspection due dates
MapNotifiable pest identification aid with reporting route
Notifiable pest identification aid with reporting route
ToolRestocking grant calculator following health felling
Restocking grant calculator following health felling
CalculatorBiosecurity self-assessment scorecard
Biosecurity self-assessment scorecard
ToolEnd to end
How Tree Health runs, start to finish
The module is modelled as a state machine, so at any point the business knows exactly which stage every record is at and what has to happen next.
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Survey and inventory trees
This is where the record starts, and getting it right here removes work at every later stage.
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Assess condition and assign risk
The platform prompts only for what this stage genuinely needs, and carries everything forward.
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Triage and schedule works
Conflicts with scheme rules, regulatory windows and existing commitments are flagged here rather than discovered later.
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Report notifiable findings
Capture works offline, so this stage is completed in the field rather than remembered afterwards.
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Instruct contractors safely
Everything recorded at this point becomes evidence automatically, in every format that will later ask for it.
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Fell or manage as required
This is the stage most businesses currently do twice, once for the operation and once for the paperwork.
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Restock with diversified species
Results feed the whole-farm view, so the effect of this stage is visible against the rest of the business.
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Re-inspect on the risk-based interval
The cycle closes here, and what is learned is carried into next season's plan rather than lost.
Who uses it
Built around four real jobs, not one generic user
Each of these people needs something different from the same record. The module is designed so none of them has to work around the others.
Landowner with roadside ash
Liability exposure
Needs a defensible inspection record with dates and decisions.
Estate forester
Managing 300 ha woodland
Needs condition data at compartment and individual tree level.
Nursery operator
Producing plant material
Needs plant passport compliance built into despatch.
Local authority tree officer
Public safety
Needs consistent, auditable assessment methodology.
Schemes and funding
Support schemes this module works with
Agrivencia holds these schemes as data, so eligibility, payment rates, caps and windows update the day they change rather than at the next software release.
Tree Health Scheme
Fund the management of tree pests and diseases and the restocking that follows.
Forestry Commission EnglandCountryside Stewardship
Fund more complex, targeted and bespoke habitat management than the main incentive offer supports.
Defra / Natural England / Rural Payments Agency EnglandEngland Woodland Creation Offer
Fund the creation of new woodland, with additional payments for public benefits.
Forestry CommissionRates, caps and windows change frequently and sometimes without notice. Always confirm against the current published scheme rules before applying.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
The module reports against these measures from the day it is switched on, so the value is demonstrable rather than assumed.
- 01Trees inspected on schedule
- 02High-risk trees resolved
- 03Notifiable findings reported within the statutory window
- 04Restocking survival rate
- 05Species diversity index
Payment schedule
What is due, and when it lands
Farm support arrives in instalments from several bodies on different calendars. Set against your own overdraft, the question is not how much but when — so the ledger is ordered by date, not by scheme.
| When | Payment | From | Amount | Status |
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| March | Tree Health Scheme | Forestry Commission | — | Expected |
| March | Countryside Stewardship | Defra / Natural England / Rural Payments Agency | — | Agreed |
| September | England Woodland Creation Offer | Forestry Commission | — | Eligible |
| June | Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 | Defra / Rural Payments Agency | — | Eligible |
| June | Environmental Land Management Capital Grants | Defra / Rural Payments Agency | — | Eligible |
| December | Farming Equipment and Technology Fund | Defra / Rural Payments Agency | — | Eligible |
- — Agreed and scheduled
- — Claimed, awaiting payment
- — Eligible, unclaimed
What the statuses mean
- Agreed
- Under a signed agreement with a scheduled payment date.
- Expected
- Claimed and assessed; payment date per the published standard.
- Eligible
- Your holding appears to qualify but nothing is claimed yet.
Obligation calendar
What tree health asks of you, and when
Windows, deadlines and recurring obligations for England. Set a different nation and the calendar reconfigures; farm across a border and it shows both, reconciled.
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February 1 entry
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2 February: Survey and inventory trees
A recurring step in tree health.
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March 1 entry
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13 March: Tree Health Scheme
Rolling application.
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June 3 entries
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5 June: Farming Transformation Fund
Round-based by theme.
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15 June: Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
Two windows in 2026: window one from 30 June, window two from September.
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21 June: Assess condition and assign risk
A recurring step in tree health.
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July 2 entries
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14 July: Slurry Infrastructure Grant
Round-based.
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17 July: Water Management Grant
Round-based.
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October 3 entries
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3 October: England Woodland Creation Offer
Rolling application.
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5 October: Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
Round-based, usually open for a defined application period.
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18 October: Triage and schedule works
A recurring step in tree health.
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November 2 entries
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12 November: Improving Farm Productivity Grant
Round-based.
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27 November: Environmental Land Management Capital Grants
Round-based, with rapid allocation once open.
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December 2 entries
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15 December: Report notifiable findings
A recurring step in tree health.
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26 December: Countryside Stewardship
Rolling and round-based depending on the tier and option group.
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Questions answered
What people ask about Tree Health
Does this replace the software I already use?
Not necessarily. Agrivencia integrates with authoritative sources and mainstream packages rather than insisting on replacing them. Where an incumbent does one job well, the platform connects to it; where the job spans several systems and nobody does it, the platform does it.
Will it work where I have no signal?
Yes. Field capture in Tree Health is offline first, storing locally and synchronising when a connection returns. Only around a fifth of UK farms report reliable signal across the whole holding, so this is a design assumption rather than a feature.
What happens when the scheme rules change?
Scheme rules are held as data rather than code, so a rate change, a cap change or a window closure is a content update that takes effect the same day. The platform also alerts you to what the change does to your own position.
Who owns the data I put in?
You do. The Farm Data Charter gives you a complete export in open formats at any time, and every instance of data sharing requires an explicit, revocable consent that is visible in your account.
Does it work if I farm across a border?
Yes, and that is one of the main reasons the platform exists. A business with land in more than one nation sees one reconciled view rather than two portals, with obligations and deadlines from both administrations in a single calendar.
Can my agronomist or land agent use it too?
Yes. You grant scoped, time-limited access per holding and per module, and you can revoke it in one click. Advisers never get a shared password or a blanket view.
What is the biggest limitation of this module?
Liability from unrecorded inspection. Mitigated by a scheduled, evidenced register. We would rather state that plainly than let you discover it after signing.
Documents
Take it away with you
Everything here is printable and works on a kitchen table with no signal. Where a document asks for an email address, it says so on the button rather than after you press it.
Tree Safety, Ash Dieback and Landowner Liability: A Practical Record
The practical handbook for tree health: what the rules require, what the evidence has to show, and the mistakes that cost people money.
tree health — evidence checklist
Every document an audit or a claim asks for, in the order it is asked for, with the validity period of each.
tree health — record template
The record structure the module uses, as a spreadsheet, so a business not yet on the platform can start keeping it correctly today.
Data model reference
Entities, fields and integration points for tree health, for advisers and software partners.
See Tree Health running on your own holding
Thirty minutes, using your parcels, your schemes and your enterprises rather than a sample farm. No obligation and no sales script — if it does not fit your business we will say so.
- Free tier available
- No card required
- Your data stays yours