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This guidance provides definitions for felling and restocking terms used by the Forestry Commission.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Information about Phytophthora pluvialis, including how to report sightings.
Find out about funding to create native woodland or restore plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.
Support to enhance the domestic production of tree seed and saplings, via investments in facilities and equipment.
This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
The eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a serious pest of spruce. There are exemptions and restrictions for planting spruce in the demarcated area.
If you need to include a map with an application to the Forestry Commission, we will create an OS MasterMap® free of charge for you.
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…
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
Find out how to enter the grant funding competition and win the funding to create a new Forest for the Nation.
A guide to help identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
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 the benefits of planting trees, including funding and support available to create woodland in England.
Guidance on the Forestry Commission’s interpretation of trees and woodland for the purposes of felling licences and forestry environmental impact assessments.
How the Forestry Commission will apply the 2024 rate uplifts to England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) applications and agreements.
Read about projects by successful grant recipients of the Forestry Commission's Seed Sourcing Grant.
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