Policy papers and consultations

How the Forestry Commission uses its enforcement powers to protect England’s trees and woodlands.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 17 January 2024

• Forestry Commission Enforcement Policy

  1. Introduction This document sets out the Forestry Commission’s (FC)…

• Forestry Commission Enforcement Policy Guidance Notes

  1. Introduction and background This document details the legislation and…

Opportunities and barriers to the use of timber in construction in England.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 28 December 2023

• Timber in construction roadmap

  Photo credit: Forestry Commission Ministerial foreword Alongside…

An overview of Forestry Commission and Natural England's shared position on woodland creation in England.

• From: Forestry Commission and 1 others
• Updated: 8 December 2023

• Natural England and Forestry Commission: Our position on woodland creation

  Purpose The purpose of this page is to set out a shared Forestry…

A plan to recover England’s temperate rainforests.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 29 November 2023

How we plan to connect people with trees and woodland.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 29 November 2023

Find out about the Forestry Commission’s revised approach to consultation on applications for woodland creation and tree felling and management.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 18 September 2023

Details of the plan to protect plant biosecurity in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 3 others
• Updated: 9 January 2023

We're seeking views in this consultation on key proposals for a new deer management strategy.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 4 August 2022

Outcomes from the world leaders summit on 'Action on forests and land use' on 2 November 2021.

• From: Cabinet Office and 5 others
• Updated: 18 July 2022

Seeking views ahead of secondary legislation to implement due diligence in UK supply chains to tackle illegal deforestation.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 1 June 2022

The Government’s statement on England’s ancient and native woodland and ancient and veteran trees.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 27 May 2022

We are seeking views across a wide range of topics on trees and forestry to help inform the development of an England tree strategy.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 May 2021

Setting out our long-term vision for trees, woodlands and forests in England and the actions we’ll take during this Parliament to achieve our ambition.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 18 May 2021

Consultation on claiming the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in the New Forest

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 19 April 2021

Seeking views on a new law to prevent illegal deforestation.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 11 November 2020

Framework document setting out how Forestry Commission will work with Defra in implementing forestry policy.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 26 August 2020

Seeking views on plans to introduce new measures for felling street trees and strengthening the Forestry Commission’s power to deal with illegal tree felling.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 15 October 2019

Practical, take-home messages from research commissioned by Forestry Commission, Natural England and Woodland Trust.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Updated: 18 June 2019

This strategy sets out our existing knowledge of pests and disease threats to ash trees and their management. It also identifies research needs for the future.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 6 June 2019

Chalara dieback of ash trees is caused by the Hymenoscyphus fraxineus fungus, formerly known as Chalara fraxinea.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 9 April 2019

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government