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How to get Natural England’s consent for works on or near a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) when you apply for a felling licence or woodland grant agreement.
Find out the rules on compatibility of EWCO payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
Find out how to improve permanent access and infrastructure at woodlands you manage.
Find out the benefits of planting trees, including funding and support available to create woodland in England.
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This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
Find out what the lead facilitator and group applicants need to do for a group application in the tree health pilot (THP) scheme.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started before August 2019.
Find out about extraordinary payments for replanting trees and woodlands in exceptional circumstances after the hot and dry weather.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell trees where a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) has been made.
A Seed Sourcing Grant case study on developing a long-term supply of native tree seed.
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).
Read this guidance if your Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) contains ash trees.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
Supplementary guidance offering an overview of those priority open habitats most likely to need consideration during the planning and assessment of woodland creation proposals.
Supplementary guidance on the treatment of larch species when processing felling applications through the Forestry Commission.
How woodland creation can help you generate income.
Learn how the THP can help proactively manage spruce, including felling, restocking and maintaining newly planted trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England.
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
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