We have different resources available to help you better manage your forest.
We offer financial assistance through our forestry grant scheme when an application is undertaken using our templates. The plans are:
How do the plans differ?
Management plans are a good tool to support the management of a woodland of less than 100 hectares over a ten year period.
A management plan allows for the planning of thinning a woodland but it is worth noting that clear operations must be sought through a felling permission or a long-term forest plan.
You can visit our Forestry Tools section to look at designations that might affect your land. Forest research have a range of services to help with planning and managing woodlands.
Forest planning and management services (Forest Research website)