Grants & Regulations

Welcome to the Grants and Regulations section. Here you can find out about grants to plant trees or to manage existing woodlands including how to apply for a licence to fell trees.  You can read about the regulations that protect woodlands in Wales and find out about the pests and diseases affecting tree health.  You can learn more about the benefits that woodlands deliver on farms - from providing timber and fuel to creating shelter for livestock and buildings, and reducing soil erosion.  You can also get information on the closed BWW grant scheme and access the Grants and Licences Online Service (GLOS).

Glastir grants		Creating woodlands		Managing woodlands
Grants for creating woodlands Grants for managing woodlands (Welsh Government website) Glastir Woodland Element overview (Welsh Government website) Resources for Glastir Woodland Creation Officers		New farm woodlands Increasing tree species diversity The right tree for the right site (FC GB website) Case Studies Growing our woodlands in Wales (IWA conference)		Felling licence process - quick guide Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - quick guide Safeguarding European Protected Species It may be an offence to fell trees without a licence and/or an EIA screening decision.
Forestry regulations		Tree health		BWW (closed grant scheme)
Felling Licences Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Rights & Regulations Consultation Public Register Map of Regulatory Woodland Officers areas		Tree health introduction Phytophthora ramorum Chalara dieback of ash Forest Research (FC GB website) Pests and diseases (FC GB website)		Better Woodlands for Wales (BWW) BWW grant reference library Newsletter & bulletin archive