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The Spruce Site Assessment (SSA) grant is for landowners and land managers in England with spruce trees on land inside the Ips typographus Proactive Spruce Removal Area.
The Extraordinary Payment for Restocking in Exceptional Circumstances provides funding to help replace trees planted in 2024/25 that have been affected by hot and dry weather.
This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
Learn how good edge design can create woodlands that fit well into the landscape, benefit management and resilience, enrich biodiversity and provide inspiring places for people.
Find out how to apply for funding to develop innovative methods to overcome barriers to domestic tree production.
This document provides guidance on the most appropriate forms of tree protection for use in woodland creation scenarios.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
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.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Find out how to identify mammal damage to trees, understand the impact and practical ways to protect our treescapes.
Read the latest plant and tree health news from the Forestry Commission. Sign up to the plant health newsletter to receive up-to-date forestry trade news.
Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.
This guide gives an overview of plant health legislation for forestry in England for Forestry Commission staff and contract inspectors working in the sector.
Find out how to apply for funding to improve, expand, automate or mechanise the production of trees and tree seed.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
How to identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
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