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Find out how to fell diseased trees to slow the spread of certain tree pests and diseases and to protect the wider treescape – what to do if you get a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) asking you to fell larch, sweet ches…
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.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
Find forestry and tree nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nurseries directory and tree nurseries directory (agroforestry).
Find out about grants and other funding support for agroforestry on your farmland.
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.
Supplementary guidance on undertaking stakeholder engagement before you submit your woodland management plans (WMP).
Access to forests and woodland improves physical and mental health. It creates a better understanding of nature, and why we need to protect and nurture it.
Find out what a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) agri-environment mirror agreement is, including 5 in 10 agreements, and when you would get one.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell trees where a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) has been made.
Appeal against a grant decision, refusal of a felling licence, restocking and enforcement notices, or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) enforcement notice.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme.
Find out the benefits of planting trees, including funding and support available to create woodland in England.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
Supplementary guidance for land managers who are responsible for individual and small groups of ash trees that are likely to be infected by ash dieback.
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.
Read about the family farm financial case study, to help understand woodland creation financials on a 10 hectare site.
Find out about extraordinary payments for replanting trees and woodlands in exceptional circumstances after the hot and dry weather.
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