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Woodland Creation application guidance

The guidance sets out the process for developing woodland creation proposals. The guidance has been primarily revised to include changes to the process relating to stakeholder engagement.

Last updated: 10 September 2026

Topic: Planting trees / woodland creation , Woodland expansion

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Commonly identified issues, constraints and opportunities

  • Biodiversity
  • Habitat and species soils – including deep peat, soil type and ground preparation
  • Air land use - existing land use e.g. agriculture
  • Material assets - can never remember what these are…
  • Population and human health
  • Water – impacts on catchments or Private water supplies, riparian areas, GWDTEs
  • Historic environment - archaeological features
  • Stakeholders including Local people and communities
  • People
    • impacts on / opportunities for tenants and/or local businesses
    • proximity to houses and neighbouring properties
    • concerns about anti-social behaviour
  • Access and recreation
  • Deer management
  • Landscape and visual amenity - desginations, spirit of place
  • Timber transport
  • Climate – climate change mitigation and adaptation - carbon sequestration, resilience, species choice
  • Silviculture
  • Tree health - cumulative effect

Cam note - is there more we can add here? - potentially structure as a checklist or table etc.

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