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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.
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