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Grant support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity, and diversity of tree seed sources in England.

Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.

Find nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nursery directory. It includes contact information, size, and a short description.

Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.

How woodland creation can help biodiversity.

A guide to help identify tree damage by deer and grey squirrels.

Read about the benefits that tree planting and woodland creation bring to water management and water quality.

Read about projects by successful grant recipients of the Forestry Commission's Seed Sourcing Grant.

Use this guidance and forms to apply for funding to support the production of a UK Forestry Standard compliant woodland creation plan.

Find out how to apply for the Woodland Creation Planning Grant to support your development of a proposal to create woodland.

A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.

Mid-year interim report on the Forestry Commission's 10 headline key performance indicators (KPIs).

Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.

Get support to create woodland using the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO).

Information about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, including how to report sightings.

Use this guidance and forms to apply for funding to create woodland under the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO).

A detailed guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.

Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.

A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.

Read the agenda, meeting papers and minutes of the Executive Board meeting on 17 April 2024.

View the monthly list of Forestry Commission spending (above £500) on the GPC – for transactions made in 2024.

Guidance on the Forestry Commission’s interpretation of trees and woodland for the purposes of felling licences and forestry environmental impact assessments.

Find out about funding to create native woodland or restore plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.

Apply for funding to restore ancient woodland within 25 miles from the HS2 Phase One route from London to the West Midlands.

Find out how to apply for the Woodland Creation Planning Grant to support your development of a proposal to create woodland.

Find out how to apply for an authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area.

Read the case studies of various career paths within the Forestry Commission.

Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.