Archived government news
May 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Friday, 17 May 2024
National Statistics: Timber price indices: data to March 2024 Thursday, 16 May 2024
Official Statistics: Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire: Provisional 2023 da… Thursday, 16 May 2024
National Statistics: UK Wood Production and Trade: 2023 provisional figures Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Guidance: Create a woodland management plan Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Corporate report: Board of Commissioners meeting, 15 March 2023 Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Corporate report: Board of Commissioners meeting, 12 December 2023 Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Corporate report: Board of Commissioners meeting, 13 July 2023 Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Corporate report: Board of Commissioners meeting, 25 July 2022 Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Corporate report: Board of Commissioners meeting, 21 June 2022, Chester Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Guidance: Authorised processors for Ips typographus and Phytophthora pluvia… Friday, 10 May 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescape Fund Claim Form Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at Symonds Yat: how to comment Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Thursday, 02 May 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024 Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Monitoring and evidence gathering: operations note 50 Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Form: Forestry Commission agent authority form Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 01 May 2024
April 2024
Form: Notify the Forestry Commission about a timber import Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Guidance: Import timber, wood products or bark Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Oak processionary moth: Plan and manage risks Friday, 26 April 2024
Guidance: Create a woodland management plan Thursday, 25 April 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Guidance: Historic environment guidance for forestry in England Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Guidance: Plant Health News Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Guidance: Public registers and consultation on forestry projects Friday, 19 April 2024
Transparency data: Register of Interests - Forestry Commissioners Friday, 19 April 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Local Authority Treescapes Fund Friday, 19 April 2024
Guidance: Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Thursday, 18 April 2024
Guidance: Applying for Ips typographus authorisation Thursday, 18 April 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 18 April 2024
Promotional material: Woodland management matters: Ensuring the future heal… Friday, 12 April 2024
Open consultation: Open access restriction at The Grun - East Kielder: how … Friday, 12 April 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 11 April 2024
Press release: £20m available in eighth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer 2024 rate uplifts: operations not… Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Form: Woodland Carbon Guarantee Application Form Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Woodland Carbon Guarantee Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Report suspected illegal tree felling Friday, 05 April 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Thursday, 04 April 2024
Research: Tree Supply Report 2024 Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Tuesday, 02 April 2024
March 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission gender pay gap report 2022-2023 Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Guidance: Apply online for a felling licence Monday, 25 March 2024
Guidance: Apply online for a felling licence Friday, 22 March 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Friday, 22 March 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer 2024 rate uplifts: operations not… Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024 Monday, 18 March 2024
Press release: Payment rates increased to benefit farmers, land managers & … Monday, 18 March 2024
Guidance: Digital maps in the Rural Payments service: check and change mapp… Monday, 18 March 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Monday, 18 March 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer 2024 rate uplifts: operations not… Monday, 18 March 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer Monday, 18 March 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Monday, 18 March 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer 2024 rate uplifts: operations not… Monday, 18 March 2024
Form: RLE1 form and guidance Friday, 15 March 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: How to make a capital or revenue claim for Countryside Stewardshi… Thursday, 14 March 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 06 March 2024
National Statistics: Timber price indices: data to September 2023 Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Guidance: Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) news Friday, 01 March 2024
Promotional material: Woodland grants and incentives overview table Friday, 01 March 2024
February 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Thursday, 29 February 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2023) Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Fast-track applications for woodland creation Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer Thursday, 29 February 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer amendment form Thursday, 29 February 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: A guide to Forestry Commission’s sensitivity maps for woodland cr… Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Consultation outcome: Open access restriction at Lazy Knowe (2): outcome Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: HS2 Woodland Fund Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: Public registers and consultation on forestry projects Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry project checks: constraints Monday, 26 February 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescape Fund Claim Form Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Apply for a Forestry Apprenticeship Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Transparency data: 2023 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of woodland creation Woods Mean Business Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2023 Friday, 16 February 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: SPHN advice package gran… Friday, 16 February 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024 Friday, 16 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 15 February 2024
Form: Seed Sourcing Grant Application Form 2023 Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Form: Tree Production Capital Grant Application Form Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Guidance: Seed Sourcing Grant Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Guidance: Tree Production Capital Grant Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Friday, 09 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 08 February 2024
Promotional material: Forestart case study Thursday, 08 February 2024
Guidance: Larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus… Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Press release: New Forest for the Nation competition launched Saturday, 03 February 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Friday, 02 February 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission: prompt payment data October to Dece… Friday, 02 February 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 01 February 2024
January 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of woodland creation: Woods and Carbon Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Promotional material: Woodland grants and incentives overview table Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Guidance: Tree Production Capital Grant Friday, 26 January 2024
Guidance: Seed Sourcing Grant Friday, 26 January 2024
Guidance: Plant health news Thursday, 25 January 2024
Guidance: Woodland Creation Design Plan example documents Thursday, 25 January 2024
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant Thursday, 25 January 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Managing woodland SSSIs with ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus… Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Promotional material: Plant your future: The case for trees Monday, 22 January 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of Woodland Creation: Woods and Water Monday, 22 January 2024
Promotional material: Plant your future: Top 5 reasons to plant woodland Friday, 19 January 2024
Promotional material: It’s time to branch out: How woodland creation benefi… Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus… Thursday, 18 January 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree felling: getting permission Thursday, 18 January 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Policy paper: Forestry Commission Enforcement Policy Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Definition of trees and woodland Monday, 15 January 2024
Guidance: Larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus… Monday, 15 January 2024
Guidance: Guide to restocking your woodlands (Ips typographus) Monday, 15 January 2024
Promotional material: Aveland Trees, Lincolnshire Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 11 January 2024
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the l… Thursday, 04 January 2024
Form: Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds application form 2023 Thursday, 04 January 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2023) Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Transparency data: 2023 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the l… Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: How to make a capital or revenue claim for Countryside Stewardshi… Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Legacy woodland grants and obligations Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) previous terms and condition… Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Sites felled due to Phytophthora: operations note 24 Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Report suspected illegal tree felling Monday, 01 January 2024
December 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 28 December 2023
Promotional material: Woodland grants and incentives overview table Friday, 22 December 2023
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 27 April 2023 Friday, 22 December 2023
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 26 June 2023 Friday, 22 December 2023
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 31 January 2023 Friday, 22 December 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Corporate report: Forest Services board meeting, 4 October 2022 Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Corporate report: Forest Services board meeting, 13 December 2022 Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Corporate report: Forest Services board meeting, 14 March 2023 Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Corporate report: Forest Services board meeting, 25 May 2023 Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Corporate report: Forest Services board meeting, 7 July 2023 Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Promotional material: The benefits of continuous cover forestry Monday, 18 December 2023
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Friday, 15 December 2023
Transparency data: Forestry Commission Register of Interests - Executive Bo… Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: Phytosanitary treatment of oak processionary moth Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: Woodland owners: tax guidance Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: Local Authority Treescapes Fund Thursday, 14 December 2023
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Thursday, 14 December 2023
Guidance: Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Form: Tree health pilot scheme: expression of interest form Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Tuesday, 12 December 2023
New timber roadmap launched to boost UK construction and reduce emissions Monday, 11 December 2023
Guidance: Regional woodland restoration Innovation Fund Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Temporary infrastructure Innovation Fund Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Routes to market for ash timber Innovation Fund Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Timber in Construction Innovation Fund Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Tree Production Innovation Fund Friday, 08 December 2023
Promotional material: Birkholme Farms, Lincolnshire Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Apply for a Forestry Apprenticeship Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) changes: operations note … Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Deer Impact Assessment surveys for woodland creation in England Friday, 08 December 2023
Form: Woodland Creation Planning Grant application form Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Tree planting and woodland creation: overview Friday, 08 December 2023
Policy paper: Our position on woodland creation in England Friday, 08 December 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: Higher Tier Capital Grants 2023: Countryside Stewardship Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: Protection and Infrastructure grants 2023: Countryside Stewardshi… Thursday, 07 December 2023
Guidance: Woodland Management Plan grants 2023: Countryside Stewardship Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Woodland Tree Health grants 2023: Countryside Stewardship Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Transparency data: 2023 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2023) Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Press release: Grants for domestic tree production re-open Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Promotional material: Cutlers Wood Ltd, Suffolk Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Guidance: Tree Production Capital Grant Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Form: Seed Sourcing Grant Application Form 2023 Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Guidance: Seed Sourcing Grant Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Form: Tree Production Capital Grant Application Form Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Press release: Trailblazing forestry sector apprenticeship programme re-ope… Saturday, 02 December 2023
Guidance: Apply for a Forestry Apprenticeship Saturday, 02 December 2023
Guidance: How to protect and manage the urban forest Friday, 01 December 2023
November 2023
Guidance: Urban Tree Challenge Fund Thursday, 30 November 2023
Form: Urban Tree Challenge Fund application form round 6 Thursday, 30 November 2023
Press release: Boost for our nation’s treescapes Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Guidance: Plant health news Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Government pledges to boost Britain’s access to nature ahead of COP28 Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Government pledges to boost Britain’s access to nature ahead of COP28 Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Guidance: Plant health news Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Notice: Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Fund: successful projects… Thursday, 23 November 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 23 November 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Thursday, 23 November 2023
Transparency data: Forestry Commission: prompt payment data July to Septemb… Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2023) Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Monday, 20 November 2023
Form: Woodland Creation Planning Grant application form Monday, 20 November 2023
Form: Urban Tree Challenge Fund application form round 6 Monday, 20 November 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Friday, 17 November 2023
Official Statistics: Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Headli… Thursday, 16 November 2023
Promotional material: A summary guide to managing tree pests and diseases Thursday, 16 November 2023
Guidance: Larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus… Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Promotional material: Oxley Wood, Essex Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: Tree Production Capital Grant Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: Seed Sourcing Grant Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Guidance: Ecological survey and assessment for woodland creation in England Thursday, 09 November 2023
Guidance: Tree Production Innovation Fund Thursday, 09 November 2023
Notice: Tree Production Innovation Fund: successful projects 2023 Thursday, 09 November 2023
Guidance: Apply for a Forestry Apprenticeship Monday, 06 November 2023
Form: Site visit declaration: Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Ste… Friday, 03 November 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 02 November 2023
Corporate report: Annual Equality Monitoring Report: 1 April 2022 – 31 Marc… Thursday, 02 November 2023
Press release: Improved funding for land managers and farmers to grow more … Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Promotional material: Woodland grants and incentives overview table Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer claim form Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Wednesday, 01 November 2023
October 2023
Guidance: Managing and maintaining woodlands: overview Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Guidance: Tree planting and woodland creation: overview Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Friday, 27 October 2023
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2023 Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: Capital Grants (SFI pilot) 2023: Countryside Stewardship Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the l… Monday, 23 October 2023
Guidance: Larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus… Thursday, 19 October 2023
Official Statistics: Nursery survey: 2023 Edition Thursday, 19 October 2023
Form: EIA afforestation application form Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Form: EIA deforestation application form Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Form: EIA forest road or quarry application form Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Guidance: Environmental Impact Assessments for woodland Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Guidance: Protection and Infrastructure grants 2023: Countryside Stewardshi… Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Thursday, 12 October 2023
Corporate report: Forestry Commission Strategy 2023-2028 Thursday, 12 October 2023
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 12 October 2023
Official Statistics: Timber Forecast Questionnaire 2023: UK forecasts Thursday, 12 October 2023
Official Statistics: Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire : Final 2022 data Thursday, 12 October 2023
Guidance: Larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus… Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Promotional material: Tree Health Pilot Case Studies for the proactive mana… Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Guidance: Phytophthora pluvialis Thursday, 05 October 2023