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A closed grant that helped increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
This document ensures a consistent approach to planning and assessing proposals for deforestation, and the wildfire risk resulting from those proposals.
Continuing a legacy by planting and expanding woodland that benefits nature while enhancing the value of the family farm.
Supplementary guidance on the rules about changing ownership of land under a Forestry Commission grant scheme.
Transforming underused land into profitable woodland.
Common Farm Woods is a new woodland planted under the Countryside Stewardship scheme in a partnership between the Forestry Commission, Swindon Borough Council and the local community.
A brief overview of England's Community Forests including the support they can offer for tree planting and woodland creation.
This note explains the rules for regulated firewood entering Great Britain.
Guidance for local authorities and landowning businesses to help achieve net zero emissions through woodland creation.
Read the Forestry Commission's guides on how best to manage dog walkers on your woodland. This includes managing dog fouling and protecting wildlife from dogs.
How to request alternative felling permissions and/or restocking conditions on an approved felling licence from the Forestry Commission.
Supplementary guidance to Operations Note 24, for owners and foresters restocking previously larch-dominated plantations on ancient woodland sites.
The Extraordinary Payment for Restocking in Exceptional Circumstances provides funding to help replace trees planted in 2024/25 that have been affected by hot and dry weather.
Advice to woodland owners and managers on UK timber procurement policy, EU Timber Regulation, and supplying woodfuel to renewable energy and heat markets.
Overview of successful Tree Production Innovation Fund (TPIF) projects.
Find out how this small business is increasing its financial return through the sale of carbon units.
Read about the family farm financial case study, to help understand woodland creation financials on a 10 hectare site.
This note provides information on changes implemented to the Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) in December 2023 and how we will apply these to applications and existing agreements.
A closed grant that helped restore woodlands suffering from ash dieback.
Find out how to implement good biosecurity to protect trees and woodland
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