Grants and Regulations

 

Welcome to the Forestry Commission Wales Grants and Regulations pages. Here we aim to tell you everything you may need to know about our grants and regulatory work in Wales.

This section of the website gives details of the grants available from Forestry Commission Wales. There is also information about the closed legacy grant schemes, felling licences and other regulations that are managed and administered by Forestry Commission Wales.

Grants

• Better Woodlands for Wales (BWW)
  BWW is the new Forestry Commission Wales grant scheme which is now open for applications.
  
  
• Grants and Licences Online (G&L Online)
  Our new G&L Online service will be used by management planners to apply for Better Woodlands for Wales (BWW) grants on your behalf.
  
  
• Land Information Search (LIS) shows features that occur on your land, or that of others.  This allows you to carry out research on your land prior to making an application for grant assistance or for a licence to fell growing trees.
  
  
• Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS)
  This grant scheme closed to new applications on 31st August 2006.  WGS customers can continue to submit claims for payment.  See the Claims and Amendments page for details.

Felling Licences

• Forestry Commission Wales controls tree felling in Wales. If you wish to fell trees, you might need to get permission from us in the form of a licence before you can do so. The felling licences pages explain how to get a licence, what exemptions there are, as well as how to make a complaint or appeal a decision.
  
  
  

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

• Some forestry projects must meet agreed environmental standards. If our opinion is that a project will have a significant impact on the environment, you must get our consent for the work before you start it. The Environmental Impact Assessment section details the types of project to which the EIA applies and what the process for getting our consent.
  
  
  

Consultation

• The Forestry Commission consults interested parties about felling, new planting and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) decisions, and our Public Registers contain information about these activities happening in your area.
  
  
  

Other Information

• Rights and Regulations
  All forestry work must meet the standards set out in The UK Forestry Standard, the chief guide to sustainable forestry.
  
  The UK Woodland Assurance Standard gives additional information on the use of the Standard and the process of certification of sustainably managed woodlands.
  
  This section also includes:
  • European Union (EU) Directives;
  • European Protected Species
  • Other Acts, Regulations and Statutory Instruments (SIs) associated with forestry practice; and
  • Procedures for Complaints and Appeals against Forestry Commission decisions.
    

UK Forestry Standard   (974k - pdf)
UK Woodland Assurance Standard (Second Edition) (1741k - pdf)