Forestry Commission

  1. Countryside Stewardship: Woodland Support
  2. Tree felling: overview
  3. Felling Licences
  4. Create woodland: overview
  5. Create a woodland management plan
  6. Report suspected illegal tree felling
  7. eAlerts
  8. Tree pests and diseases
  9. Importing and exporting wood and timber products

Latest from the Forestry Commission

  1. eAlert: 16 July 2018 - Changes to the Felling Licence process

    • Correspondence

  2. eAlert: 5 July 2018 - Our website is moving to GOV.UK

    • Correspondence

  3. Countryside Stewardship facilitation fund: claim a grant and record progress

    • Form

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What the Forestry Commission does

The Forestry Commission is the government department responsible for protecting, expanding and promoting the sustainable management of woodlands.

Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial department, supported by 2 agencies and public bodies.

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Our policies

  1. Common Agricultural Policy reform
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Documents

Our announcements

  1. eAlert: 16 July 2018 - Changes to the Felling Licence process

    • Correspondence

  2. eAlert: 5 July 2018 - Our website is moving to GOV.UK

    • Correspondence
  3. See all announcements

Our consultations

  1. Official Statistics: proposed changes to Defra statistics

    • Consultation outcome
  2. See all consultations

Our publications

  1. Mid Tier: Countryside Stewardship

    • Guidance

  2. Work with planting material for forestry purposes

    • Detailed guide
  3. See all publications

Our statistics

  1. Forestry Commission England (FCE) Corporate Plan Performance Indicators 2018

    • Official statistics

  2. Woodland Area, Planting and Restocking: 2018 Edition

    • National statistics
  3. See all statistics

Our management

Sir Harry Studholme
Forestry Commission Chair
Ian Gambles
Forestry Commissioner
Jo O'Hara
Forestry Commissioner for Scotland
Amanda Bryan
Forestry Commissioner for Scotland
George McRobbie
Forestry Commissioner for Scotland
Dr Mary Barkham
Forestry Commissioner
Julia Grant
Forestry Commissioner

Contact Forestry Commission

Forestry Commission

620 Bristol Business Park
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
United Kingdom

Email

nationalenquiries@forestrycommission.gov.uk

Telephone

0300 067 4000

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  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
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FOI Requests

Richard Barker
Forestry Commission
620 Bristol Business Park
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
United Kingdom

Email

richard.barker@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Telephone

0300 067 4068

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  1. Procurement at Forestry Commission
  2. Working for Forestry Commission
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