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A closed grant that provided funding to improve, expand, automate or mechanise the production of trees and tree seed.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
This guide gives an overview of plant health legislation for forestry in England for Forestry Commission staff and contract inspectors working in the sector.
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.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
This page gives a checklist of actions that applicants must complete before submitting a forestry Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) application.
Find out how to import non-regulated firewood, such as logs and kindling, into England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain).
Claim and manage legacy schemes: English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS), Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS).
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
A closed grant that provided funding to develop innovative methods to overcome barriers to domestic tree production.
Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
The Forestry Commission decision framework for determining when to convert woodland to open habitat, and when compensatory tree planting is required.
Resources on where to find opportunities for working in forestry.
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.
A brief overview of the grants, incentives and other support that are available for woodland creation as part of the England Woodland Creation Partnerships.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
Find out about extraordinary payments for replanting trees and woodlands in exceptional circumstances after the hot and dry weather.
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