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The Forestry Commission decision framework for determining when to convert woodland to open habitat, and when compensatory tree planting is required.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started in 2020.
Use these examples to help develop your own Woodland Creation Design Plan. You can apply to the Woodland Creation Planning Grant for funding to support this.
Innovation fund supporting nurseries to increase and diversify domestic tree supply.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
Information about authorised processors in relation to the handling of material affected by Ips typographus or Phytophthora pluvialis.
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
Guidance on the Forestry Commission’s interpretation of trees and woodland for the purposes of felling licences and forestry environmental impact assessments.
A guide to help identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
Supplementary guidance for land managers who are responsible for individual and small groups of ash trees that are likely to be infected by ash dieback.
Find out the rules on compatibility of EWCO payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
Read about projects by successful grant recipients of the Forestry Commission's Seed Sourcing Grant.
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme.
Find out which Countryside Stewardship options and capital items are available on land that is conditionally exempt from Inheritance Tax.
Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
Find out how to fell diseased trees to slow the spread of certain tree pests and diseases and to protect the wider treescape – what to do if you get a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) asking you to fell larch, sweet ches…
Find out how to apply for an authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
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