Guidance

Guidance on cultivation and UKFS compliance for application in England: operations note 53

Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Published: 17 February 2021
• Last updated: 3 August 2021
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  1. 3 August 2021

     Updated Operations Note 53.

  2. 8 June 2021

     Addition of appendix 2.

  3. 7 June 2021

     Update to reflect the reduction in depth of peat (from 50cm to 30cm) for what is considered a peat soil.

  4. 17 February 2021

     First published.

Applies to England

• Publication for Northern Ireland
• Publication for Scotland
• Publication for Wales

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Guidance on cultivation and UKFS compliance for application in England: operations note 53

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Appendix 1 - Decision making matrix

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Operations Note 053 Appendix 2 - Classifying Agricultural Soils for use in Woodland Creation Grants

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18 page guide including:

• Purpose
• Summary
• Policy
• Overview of decision making framework
• Interpretation
• Using this guidance