We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
Find information on sustainable woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, and regulations you need to follow.
An introduction to agroforestry including the benefits and definitions.
Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.
Find information about the scheme, how companies can use woodland carbon units and how landowners can take part.
This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.
A detailed guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.
Decisions made through the planning system can have significant impacts on trees and woodland - find out when to consult the Forestry Commission.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
This operations note is to be used to determine the appropriate works within Woodland Supplement WS3: squirrel control and management.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Sign up to Forestry Commission newsletters for updates, news, information and guidance. Find out how to unsubscribe or update your subscriptions.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
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.
Find out what you need to do if you receive a Statutory Plant Health Notice (SPHN) for spruce trees infested with Ips typographus.
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.
Find out about the movement restrictions of spruce trees originating within the Ips typographus demarcated area.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Find out how to take action early to protect your woodland and spruce trees against infestation of the Ips typographus bark beetle in the demarcated area (DMA).
Good practice guidance on woodland management and planning, including species conservation, for owners of ancient and native woodland.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).