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  • Information on oak processionary moth (OPM) for those who own or manage oak trees, including private tree and woodland owners as well as local authorities.

  • Find out what land details you need to register on the Rural Payments service to apply for rural payments.

  • To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the above ground tanks item.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the deer fencing item.

  • Decisions and maps for rights of way orders published within 2023, 2024 and 2025

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the restore coppicing in woodland item.

  • How ship security is managed in the UK, and how to comply with UK regulations on ship security.

  • As a local highway authority (usually a county council or national park authority) you have statutory duties to record and keep public rights of way open.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the yard - underground drainage pipework item.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the resurfacing of gateways item.

  • How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rhododendron control item.

  • How to make changes to the legal status of a public right of way.

  • A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the historic and archaeological feature protection item.

  • What to do if the livestock manure produced on your farm is likely to exceed the amount you're allowed to spread on your land in an NVZ (farm limit).

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the create or restore grassland habitat item.

  • This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.

  • Find out about eligibility and requirements for the installation of piped culverts in ditches item.