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Learn more about protecting trees from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa).
Find out how to apply for consent for change of use to convert woodland to open habitat.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Access to forests and woodland improves physical and mental health. It creates a better understanding of nature, and why we need to protect and nurture it.
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.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
This guidance explains how to consider the historic environment when developing and implementing forestry projects in England.
Guide to help traders of large oak trees meet the management policy changes that came into force on 24 May 2023.
A guide on the different roles involved in working in the forestry industry.
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.
Information on Forestry Commission datasets and how to access them.
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…
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
This guidance sets out the need to contact historic environment organisations during the development of forestry projects and provides template emails that proposers can use.
Supplementary guidance on undertaking stakeholder engagement before you submit your woodland management plans (WMP).
How to get Natural England’s consent for works on or near a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) when you apply for a felling licence or woodland grant agreement.
Find out what you can do to prevent or help minimise the introduction, establishment, spread and impacts of tree pests and diseases in the UK.
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