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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.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
The Forestry Commission decision framework for determining when to convert woodland to open habitat, and when compensatory tree planting is required.
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.
Find out how to apply for an authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area.
Find out the rules on compatibility of EWCO payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
A guide on restocking your woodlands, after removing spruce trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England (in the Ips typographus Demarcation Area).
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
Appeal against a grant decision, refusal of a felling licence, restocking and enforcement notices, or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) enforcement notice.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
How woodland creation can help biodiversity.
Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.
Information about authorised processors in relation to the handling of material affected by Ips typographus or Phytophthora pluvialis.
Claim and manage legacy schemes: English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS), Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS).
This guidance sets out the need to contact historic environment organisations during the development of forestry projects and provides template emails that proposers can use.
A fund for Upper Tier Local Authorities only – providing revenue support for the additional staff / consultants required to accelerate plans for tree and woodland planting.
Read the case studies of various career paths within the Forestry Commission.
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