What We Don't Do

The Development Management Team within NIEA, Natural Heritage is not responsible for the following:

• providing arboriculture advice on the condition or the felling of privately owned trees
• carrying out tree surveys (see guidance on Trees and TPOs in FAQ section)
• recommending which environmental consultants or trees surgeons to choose
• carrying out landscape or visual impact assessments of small-scale development proposals

Other government Agencies and Departments are responsible for the following areas:

Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs)

Planning Service provide information and advice on Tree Preservation Orders .

Enforcement of Planning Permission

Planning Service provide advice on the enforcement of planning legislation.

Enforcement of the Wildlife (NI) Order 1985

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is responsible for enforcement of the Wildlife (NI) Order 1985.

Water Pollution

The Environmental Protection Directorate of NIEA has responsibility for incidents water pollution.;

Water Pollution Hotline 0800 80 70 60

Septic Tanks

The Environmental Protection Directorate of NIEA has responsibility for advising on septic tanks.

Fish

Supervision and protection of salmon and inland fisheries is the responsibility of the Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure (DCAL).

Land Reclamation such as reseeding an old pasture or removing stone walls or hedges

Any project to bring uncultivated land or semi-natural areas into intensive agricultural use may require an assessment of the environmental impact. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development have responsibility to ensure that this assessment is carried out under the Uncultivated Land and Semi-Natural Areas - Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations.

Major Forestry Work

Projects for major forestry work, such as planting, felling trees or building forest roads may require an assessment of all potential negative impacts on the environment. The Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has responsibility to ensure that this assessment is carried out under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations.