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Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
This guidance provides definitions for felling and restocking terms used by the Forestry Commission.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
This page gives a checklist of actions that applicants must complete before submitting a forestry Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) application.
How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.
Get information to help you plan, fund, plant and manage woodland in England, including resources on site preparation and tree protection to long-term management.
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.
This document provides guidance on the most appropriate forms of tree protection for use in woodland creation scenarios.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Find out how to apply for authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area (DMA).
Find forestry and tree nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nurseries directory and tree nurseries directory (agroforestry).
Find out about grants and other funding support for agroforestry on your farmland.
A guide on restocking your woodlands, after removing spruce trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England (in the Ips typographus Demarcation Area).
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
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 complete a Woodland Condition Assessment (WCA) as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Agreement or as a standalone capital item.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell trees where a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) has been made.
Appeal against a grant decision, refusal of a felling licence, restocking and enforcement notices, or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) enforcement notice.
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme.
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