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Guidance: A guide to planning new woodland in England

Forestry Commission

December 10
10:25 2024

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This guide tells you:

  • what you should think about before starting your woodland creation design plan
  • what information youll need to include in your woodland creation design plan, where to find it, and how to bring it together
  • how to apply the UK Forestry Standard forest design principles to guide strengthen your proposal plans
  • how best to engage stakeholders in your project and use their responses to strengthen your woodland creation design plan
  • the spatial plans youll need to produce as part of your woodland creation design plan
  • how the Environmental Impact Assessment process works
  • where you can find further support and information

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Published 15 November 2021
Last updated 10 December 2024 +show all updates
  1. The guide has been converted to HTML and divided across 6 pages.

  2. First published.

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