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Supplementary guidance on undertaking stakeholder engagement before you submit your woodland management plans (WMP).
Learn how the THP can help proactively manage spruce, including felling, restocking and maintaining newly planted trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England.
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
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.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
Find out what you need to do if you receive a Statutory Plant Health Notice (SPHN) for spruce trees infested with Ips typographus.
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
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
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
A closed grant that provided support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity and diversity of tree seed sources in England.
Supplementary guidance on the rules about changing ownership of land under a Forestry Commission grant scheme.
A guide on the different roles involved in working in the forestry industry.
Examples of good practice tree and highway management with respect to trees growing within the curtilage of the highway.
Practical advice for those with a responsibility for management of ash in woodlands.
The eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a serious pest of spruce. There are exemptions and restrictions for planting spruce in the demarcated area.
Supplementary guidance offering an overview of those priority open habitats most likely to need consideration during the planning and assessment of woodland creation proposals.
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 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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