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This document provides guidance on the most appropriate forms of tree protection for use in woodland creation scenarios.
Appeal against a grant decision, refusal of a felling licence, restocking and enforcement notices, or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) enforcement notice.
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.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
This guidance provides definitions for felling and restocking terms used by the Forestry Commission.
What you need to do to manage your England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) agreement, meet the requirements and claim payments.
Learn about the modification options to prevent mammal access to trees and woodland, including: sensory deterrents, fences, tree shelters, bud protectors and vegetation control.
Find out how to identify mammal damage to trees, understand the impact and practical ways to protect our treescapes.
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.
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.
How to identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.
Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.
Find a company authorised for handling wood and material affected by Ips typographus.
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…
Small rodents include field vole (Microtus agrestris), bank vole (Myodes glareolus), edible dormouse (Glis glis), wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis). Learn more about their impact…
Learn more about protecting trees from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa).
Learn how to protect trees from: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), fallow deer (Dama dama), Reeve’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis).…
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
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