Archived government news
January 2025
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Tuesday, 07 January 2025
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Monday, 06 January 2025
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Monday, 06 January 2025
Form: Woodland improvement pre-application form Monday, 06 January 2025
Guidance: How to make a capital or revenue claim Thursday, 02 January 2025
December 2024
Guidance: Create a woodland management plan Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: Management requirements for Woodland Supplement WS1 (deer control… Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: Management requirements for Woodland Supplement WS3 (squirrel con… Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant Tuesday, 24 December 2024
Guidance: Marketing forest reproductive material for forestry purposes Friday, 20 December 2024
Non-Executive Commissioner to the Forestry Commission appointed Friday, 20 December 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Management requirements for Woodland Supplement WS1 (deer control… Friday, 20 December 2024
Guidance: Management requirements for Woodland Supplement WS3 (squirrel con… Friday, 20 December 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescape Fund claim forms and guidance Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Form: Urban Tree Challenge Fund application form (round 6) Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Guidance: Management requirements for Woodland Supplement WS1 (deer control… Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Management requirements for Woodland Supplement WS3 (squirrel con… Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Guidance: Mirror agreements for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Form: Invasive non-native plant species management plan (PA7) template Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Form: Grey squirrel species management plan (PA7) template Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Form: Edible dormouse species management plan (PA7) template Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Form: Deer species management plan (PA7) template Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Guidance: A guide to planning new woodland in England Tuesday, 10 December 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescape Fund claim forms and guidance Friday, 06 December 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme: grant funding agreement and t… Friday, 06 December 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme: rules for lead facilitators and group a… Friday, 06 December 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Guidance: Report a tree pest or disease Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Guidance: Legacy woodland grants and obligations Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Promotional material: The Grower: a Tree Production Capital Grant case stud… Tuesday, 03 December 2024
November 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: SPHN advice package gran… Friday, 29 November 2024
Guidance: Woodland creation design plan examples Thursday, 28 November 2024
Guidance: A guide to agroforestry Thursday, 28 November 2024
Press release: Government launches Tree?Planting?Taskforce to oversee plant… Thursday, 28 November 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Guidance: Management Requirements for Woodland Supplement WS3 – Squirrel Co… Friday, 22 November 2024
Guidance: Create a woodland management plan Friday, 22 November 2024
Corporate report: Forestry Commission annual report and accounts 2023 to 20… Friday, 22 November 2024
Guidance: Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Tree planting and woodland creation: overview Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Promotional material: Tree Health Pilot case study: Haringey Council Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Press release: Landowner forced to replant after Forestry Commission prosec… Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme Monday, 18 November 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Monday, 18 November 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer Friday, 15 November 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Friday, 15 November 2024
Corporate report: Forestry Commission annual report and accounts 2023 to 20… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Accredited official statistics: Timber price indices: data to September 202… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Corporate report: Forestry Commission annual report and accounts 2023 to 20… Thursday, 14 November 2024
Corporate report: Forest Research annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 Thursday, 14 November 2024
Guidance: Seed Sourcing Grant Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Apply online for a felling licence Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Forestry nursery directory Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: How to benefit species and habitats biodiversity in your woodland Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of woodland creation: Woods for Nature Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Promotional material: Grey squirrel and deer damage to trees: Visual guide Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of woodland creation: Woods and Water Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Notice: Seed Sourcing Grant: successful projects Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Form: Woodland Creation Planning Grant application form Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Official Statistics: Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Headli… Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Guidance: Tree planting and woodland creation: overview Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Guidance: Felling Licence Online user guides (operations note 45) Friday, 01 November 2024
Guidance: Apply online for a felling licence Friday, 01 November 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Friday, 01 November 2024
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 17 April 2024 Friday, 01 November 2024
October 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Guidance: Definition of trees and woodland Friday, 25 October 2024
Guidance: HS2 Woodland Fund Friday, 25 October 2024
Form: HS2 Woodland Fund application form Thursday, 24 October 2024
Guidance: Woodland Creation Planning Grant Thursday, 24 October 2024
Guidance: Applying for Ips typographus authorisation Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme Monday, 21 October 2024
Promotional material: Woodland Creation: financial case study, 10 hectare s… Thursday, 17 October 2024
Official Statistics: Nursery survey: 2024 Edition Thursday, 17 October 2024
Official Statistics: Timber Forecast Questionnaire 2024: UK forecasts Thursday, 17 October 2024
Guidance: Woodland Carbon Guarantee Thursday, 17 October 2024
Official Statistics: Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire: final 2023 data Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Guidance: Authorised processors for Ips typographus and Phytophthora pluvia… Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission: prompt payment data July to Septemb… Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Guidance: When to convert woods and forests to open habitat: operations not… Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Tree planting and woodland creation: overview Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Promotional material: Forestry industry careers case studies Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Guidance: Find out about the different roles in forestry Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Promotional material: Plant your future: the case for trees Friday, 11 October 2024
Promotional material: It’s time to branch out: how woodland creation benefi… Friday, 11 October 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of woodland creation: Woods Mean Busines… Thursday, 10 October 2024
Promotional material: Grow your farm business: how trees can benefit your l… Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Promotional material: Plant your future: top 5 reasons to plant woodland Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: The UK Forestry Standard Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree health advice package: grant funding agreement ter… Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Form: Tree health advice package: application form Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Form: Tree health pilot scheme: expression of interest forms Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme: grant funding agreement and t… Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Press release: New restrictions to limit impact of Ips typographus tree pes… Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Guidance: Applying for Ips typographus authorisation Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Guidance: Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Guidance: Planting spruce trees in the Ips typographus demarcated area Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Guidance: Create a woodland management plan Thursday, 03 October 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission events Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Guidance: The UK Forestry Standard Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Tuesday, 01 October 2024
September 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Friday, 27 September 2024
Promotional material: Career blogs from the Forestry Commission Friday, 27 September 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Friday, 27 September 2024
Guidance: Plant Health News Thursday, 26 September 2024
Policy paper: When to convert woods and forests to open habitat in England Thursday, 26 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Forestry Statistics 2024 Thursday, 26 September 2024
Accredited official statistics: Forestry Facts and Figures 2024 Thursday, 26 September 2024
Form: Tree health pilot scheme: expression of interest forms Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 17 April 2024 Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 23 January 2024 Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Corporate report: Executive Board meeting, 21 November 2023 Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Monday, 23 September 2024
Case study: Embracing life-long learning in forestry Monday, 23 September 2024
Guidance: Get consent to convert woodland to open habitats Friday, 20 September 2024
Promotional material: Forestry industry careers case studies Friday, 20 September 2024
Guidance: Public registers and consultation on forestry projects Thursday, 19 September 2024
Guidance: Career paths and training in forestry Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Apply for a forestry apprenticeship Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Form: Urban Tree Challenge Fund application form round 6 Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Guidance: When to convert woods and forests to open habitat: operations not… Friday, 13 September 2024
Policy paper: When to convert woods and forests to open habitat in England … Friday, 13 September 2024
Form: Tree health advice package: application form Thursday, 12 September 2024
Form: Tree health pilot scheme: expression of interest form Thursday, 12 September 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme Thursday, 12 September 2024
Guidance: Public registers and consultation on forestry projects Thursday, 12 September 2024
Form: Delivery partner maps Thursday, 12 September 2024
Form: Tree health advice package: application form Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Promotional material: Cabilla Manor Farm, a woodland creation case study Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Promotional material: Forestry Commission careers case studies Monday, 09 September 2024
Guidance: Career paths and training in forestry Monday, 09 September 2024
Promotional material: Forestry industry careers case studies Monday, 09 September 2024
Guidance: Find out about the different roles in forestry Sunday, 08 September 2024
Guidance: Where to find forestry jobs Sunday, 08 September 2024
Guidance: Tree felling licence: when you need to apply Friday, 06 September 2024
Guidance: How to appeal a decision by the Forestry Commission Friday, 06 September 2024
Guidance: How to appeal a decision by the Forestry Commission Thursday, 05 September 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Form: Woodland Carbon Guarantee Application Form Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Corporate report: Annual Equality Monitoring Report: 1 April 2023 to 31 Mar… Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Guidance: Managing and maintaining woodlands: overview Tuesday, 03 September 2024
August 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Friday, 30 August 2024
Guidance: Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Woodland Creation Design Plan example documents Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Authorised processors for Ips typographus and Phytophthora pluvia… Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Guidance: Definition of trees and woodland Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Guidance: A guide to agroforestry Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Guidance: Monitoring and evidence gathering: operations note 50 Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Form: Urban Tree Challenge Fund application form round 6 Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Guidance: Urban Tree Challenge Fund Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Guidance: A guide to agroforestry Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Guidance: Plant health legislation for forestry Wednesday, 14 August 2024
Guidance: Eligible tree species: ELM agroforestry action Monday, 12 August 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescape Fund claim forms and guidance Monday, 12 August 2024
Guidance: Public registers and consultation on forestry projects Friday, 09 August 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Friday, 09 August 2024
Guidance: Digital maps in the Rural Payments service: check and change your… Thursday, 08 August 2024
Form: RLE1 form: how to register land and update digital maps Thursday, 08 August 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 08 August 2024
Guidance: Local Authority Treescapes Fund Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Guidance: Tree felling: overview Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Guidance: Tree felling licence: when you need to apply Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Guidance: Apply online for a felling licence Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Form: Agroforestry plan (PA4): complete your templates Monday, 05 August 2024
Guidance: Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the l… Monday, 05 August 2024
Guidance: Eligible tree species: ELM agroforestry action Monday, 05 August 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Monday, 05 August 2024
Promotional material: High Meadows Farm, County Durham Friday, 02 August 2024
Guidance: Monitoring and evidence gathering: operations note 50 Friday, 02 August 2024
Guidance: Definitions of felling and restocking options Friday, 02 August 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Friday, 02 August 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission: prompt payment data April to June 2… Thursday, 01 August 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Thursday, 01 August 2024
July 2024
Guidance: Urban Tree Challenge Fund Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Guidance: The benefits of planting trees Monday, 29 July 2024
Guidance: Urban Tree Challenge Fund Thursday, 25 July 2024
Press release: New warning as Ips typographus tree pest found on new specie… Thursday, 25 July 2024
Guidance: Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Thursday, 25 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Guidance: How to generate carbon units in England Monday, 22 July 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescape Fund claim forms and guidance Friday, 19 July 2024
Promotional material: Woodland grants and incentives overview table Thursday, 18 July 2024
Form: England Woodland Creation Offer application form Thursday, 18 July 2024
Form: RLE1 form and guidance Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Form: Local Authority Treescapes Fund application form round 4 Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Form: Urban Tree Challenge Fund application form round 6 Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Guidance: Invoke the force majeure clause in your Forestry Commission grant Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Guidance: Managing oak processionary moth in England Thursday, 11 July 2024
Statutory guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024: SPHN advice package gran… Thursday, 11 July 2024
Guidance: When to convert woods and forests to open habitat: operations not… Thursday, 11 July 2024
Transparency data: Forestry Commission spend over £25,000 (2024) Thursday, 11 July 2024
Transparency data: Register of Interests - Forestry Commissioners Thursday, 11 July 2024
Corporate report: Forest Services board meeting, 1 March 2024 Thursday, 11 July 2024
Transparency data: 2024 Government Procurement Card (GPC) spend for transac… Thursday, 11 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Promotional material: The benefits of woodland creation: Woods and Carbon Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Guidance: Managing and maintaining woodlands: overview Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Guidance: Plant Health News Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry and Arboriculture Training Fund Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 03 July 2024
June 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 27 June 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Thursday, 27 June 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Guidance: Guide to restocking your woodlands (Ips typographus) Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Promotional material: Tree Health Pilot (THP) case studies for the proactiv… Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Accredited official statistics: Provisional Woodland Statistics 2024 Thursday, 20 June 2024
Official Statistics: Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators: Report… Thursday, 20 June 2024
Guidance: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Guidance: Ecological survey and assessment for woodland creation in England Thursday, 13 June 2024
Guidance: Forestry Commission Events Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Guidance: Guide to restocking your woodlands (Ips typographus) Thursday, 06 June 2024
Guidance: Tree health pilot scheme 2024 Wednesday, 05 June 2024