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Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2017.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started before May 2018.
Supplementary guidance for if you're claiming annual payments as compensation for taking land out of agricultural production to create new woodland instead.
Read about the wide-reaching benefits that tree planting and woodland creation could bring to your farm.
Find out about the hedgerows and boundaries grant, agreement terms and payment rates.
Guide to help traders of large oak trees meet the management policy changes that came into force on 24 May 2023.
Read about how woodlands can support a local authority with their net zero plans.
Use this document to understand the requirements for a 2017 woodland creation grant agreement.
Planting 270,000 new trees to help the estate and its community to prosper.
Information on how your personal data relating to financial transactions may be used in counter-fraud and error data matching exercises.
If you've ordered a paper map from the Forestry Commission, find out how the map can be used and marked for submission with an application to the Forestry Commission.
Find outline guidance on how the implications of deforestation on greenhouse gas balance should be addressed in Environmental Statements.
Supplementary guidance offering an overview of those priority open habitats most likely to need consideration during the planning and assessment of woodland creation proposals.
Invitation to Quote documentation for the Forestry Learning Mechanism scoping study.
A brief overview of England's Community Forests including the support they can offer for tree planting and woodland creation.
The Forestry Commission decision framework for determining when to convert woodland to open habitat, and when compensatory tree planting is required.
This note explains the rules for regulated firewood entering Great Britain.
Overview of the successful projects that applied for the Seed Sourcing Grant in 2022.
Common Farm Woods is a new woodland planted under the Countryside Stewardship scheme in a partnership between the Forestry Commission, Swindon Borough Council and the local community.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started in 2016.
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