The site is managed as a commercial operation by Forestry England who fell and replant trees on a regular basis. This produces a variety of landscape features from mature woodland to areas of tree saplings and open areas depending on the maturity of the trees. The phased working of the site over a period of time would leave much of these features intact. It is only when a phase is taken for extraction that any trees would be removed. The phase is restored the following year as an open area or replanted with trees. The main difference will be the change to land levels with the lowering of the land by an average of 8 metres, the equivalent of a two storey house. These changes would initially create a more open landscape that develops as the planted trees mature in the restored phases.