Historic environment guidance for forestry in England

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides guidance on considering the historic environment when developing and implementing forestry projects in England. Covers: purpose, summary, legislation, policy, overview of the decision-making framework and using the guidance.

Document History

Last updated: 12 June 2026 - Added how to identify ridge and furrow earthworks using the Forestry Commission's map browser, how to assess the importance of historic features/landscapes, a link to email templates to contact historic organisations, information about HEFERs for Countryside Stewardship applications, provided links to directories of organisations who may be able to conduct specialist surveys, what to do with reports from specialist surveys and where to find further information. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/historic-environment-guidance-for-forestry-in-england/historic-environment-guidance-for-forestry-in-england and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 23 April 2024.

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