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Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
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.
Find out how to fell diseased trees to slow the spread of certain tree pests and diseases and to protect the wider treescape – what to do if you get a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) asking you to fell larch, sweet ches…
Learn about the modification options to prevent mammal access to trees and woodland, including: sensory deterrents, fences, tree shelters, bud protectors and vegetation control.
Find out how to identify mammal damage to trees, understand the impact and practical ways to protect our treescapes.
Find out how to sustainably manage forests and woodlands to protect and enhance the water environment.
Find out how to notify the Forestry Commission if you plan to invoke the force majeure clause in your Forestry Commission grant.
How to identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
Guide to help traders of large oak trees meet the management policy changes that came into force on 24 May 2023.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
A brief overview of England's Community Forests including the support they can offer for tree planting and woodland creation.
Small rodents include field vole (Microtus agrestris), bank vole (Myodes glareolus), edible dormouse (Glis glis), wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis). Learn more about their impact…
Learn more about protecting trees from the European hare (Lepus europaeus), mountain hare (Lepus timidus) and European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Supplementary guidance on undertaking stakeholder engagement before you submit your woodland management plans (WMP).
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