Guidance
Processing felling applications involving larch species: operations note 23
Supplementary guidance on the treatment of larch species when processing felling applications through the Forestry Commission.
Applies to England
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Larch trees infected with ‘Phytophthora ramorum’ produce spores that can spread the disease. To minimise the spread risk during felling operations, special precautions are needed when felling larch that are, or could be, infected.
Read the operations note guidance for details of the process for handling felling licence applications that include the felling or thinning of larch trees susceptible to the ‘P. ramorum’ infection.
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Published 20 October 2017
Last updated 9 September 2025
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Updated operations note 23 with the latest guidance.
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Updated operations note 23 to version 10
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Update to new version providing the current situation on felling Larch.
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First published.