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Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
A detailed guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.
This operations note is to be used to determine the appropriate works within Woodland Supplement WS3: squirrel control and management.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Read about projects by successful grant recipients of the Forestry Commission's Seed Sourcing Grant.
Find out how the Woodland Creation Fast Track supports quicker decisions for woodland creation proposals in low sensitivity areas.
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.
This page gives a checklist of actions that applicants must complete before submitting a forestry Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) application.
Decisions made through the planning system can have significant impacts on trees and woodland - find out when to consult the Forestry Commission.
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.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
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.
This guidance provides definitions for felling and restocking terms used by the Forestry Commission.
Read how a bareroot tree and hedging nursery used funding from the Tree Production Capital Grant to create a sustainable farming business.
Access to forests and woodland improves physical and mental health. It creates a better understanding of nature, and why we need to protect and nurture it.
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