Tree Felling: Licensing
(asked on 2nd January 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences were granted by the Forestry Commission in England in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by
Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 8th January 2026
Felling licences issued 2016 to 2025:
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
3621 | 3894 | 2325 | 3002 | 2901 | 3187 | 3190 | 3326 | 3437 | 3499 |