Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102109

Tree Felling: Licensing

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 8 January 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for felling licences were refused by the Forestry Commission in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Felling licences refused 2016 to 2025: 20162017201820192020202120222023202420250000100000