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Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
Find out what's involved in creating a plan, giving you a structured way to organise the management of woodland.
Find out how to apply for the Woodland Creation Planning Grant to support your development of a proposal to create woodland.
Find out what’s involved and how to apply for funding to support the planting and establishment of standard trees in urban and peri-urban areas in England.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
Find out how to kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
Use the public registers to find details on proposed forestry work and on decisions that the Forestry Commission has made to approve or reject proposals.
Find out about the Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF) Round 4 and how to apply for funding to establish trees outside of woodland.
Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
Advice and guidance for customers applying for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee.
Find out how the Woodland Creation Fast Track supports quicker decisions for woodland creation proposals in low sensitivity areas.
This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Find information on woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, useful guidance, and regulations you need to follow.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
How the Forestry Commission will apply the 2024 rate uplifts to England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) applications and agreements.
Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.
Apply for a capital grant for a one-off payment to create a 10-year woodland management plan.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
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