Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102110

Tree Felling: Licensing

Tabled: 2 January 2026

Answered: 8 January 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for felling licences were refused by the Forestry Commission due to the potential impact of felling on ancient woodland remnants within plantations on ancient woo

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Forestry Commission has only refused one felling licence in the past 10 years, in 2020. The reason for refusal was based on the fact that the licence would lead to a loss of woodland containing veteran and future veteran oaks and the felling of these ...

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