Skip to main content
Forests and woodland

Guidance and regulation

Skip to results
216 results sorted by Most viewed
  • A detailed guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.

  • Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.

  • This guide gives an overview of plant health legislation for forestry in England for Forestry Commission staff and contract inspectors working in the sector.

  • Resources on where to find opportunities for working in forestry.

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

  • Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.

  • Find information about the scheme, how companies can use woodland carbon units and how landowners can take part.

  • Decisions made through the planning system can have significant impacts on trees and woodland - find out when to consult the Forestry Commission.

  • Use these example documents to help develop your own woodland creation design plan.

  • Find out how the Woodland Creation Fast Track supports quicker decisions for woodland creation proposals in low sensitivity areas.

  • 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.

  • How to plan and access tracks and surfaced haulage roads in woodland – the minimum appropriate standards for construction, repair and maintenance.

  • This leaflet has been produced to assist in the identification of injurious weeds as prescribed in the Weeds Act 1959.

  • Find out how to import firewood, such as logs and kindling, into England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain).

  • Support to enhance the domestic production of tree seed and saplings, via investments in facilities and equipment.

  • A guide to Forestry Commission grants and incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health.

  • Find nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nursery directory. It includes contact information, size, and a short description.

  • Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.

  • Find out how to enter the grant funding competition and win the funding to create a new Forest for the Nation.

  • Innovation fund supporting nurseries to increase and diversify domestic tree supply.