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Find out about the Forestry Commission’s Professional Forester Apprenticeship programme. The Development Woodland Officer role aims to kickstart your forestry career.
Find out how the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) can help you get money to create new woodland.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
Find woodland agreements, felling licences and other designations or features on any chosen area of land in England.
The Forestry Commission controls tree felling by issuing felling licences. Find out when you need to apply.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan for grant and felling licence applications. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland.
The UKFS defines the government requirements for forestry in the UK. It provides a basis for regulation and monitoring, including national and international reporting.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.
Find out when you need a felling licence to fell trees, and what we do if trees are felled without a licence. This can apply to your land, or land you manage.
Woodlands may be eligible for certain tax reliefs and exemptions, depending on the type of woodland and its purpose.
Apply for funding to create woodland under the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO).
Find out how to apply for the Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) to support your development of a proposal to create woodland.
Find out how to identify, protect and manage ridge and furrow earthworks in forestry projects.
Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.
Use the public registers to find details on proposed forestry work and Forestry Commission decisions to approve or reject proposals.
If you suspect anyone of illegal felling then you can check if permission exists and, if necessary, report the incident to the Forestry Commission.
Information on oak processionary moth (OPM) for those who own or manage oak trees, including private tree and woodland owners as well as local authorities.
Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
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