Tree Felling: Licensing
(asked on 18th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many felling licences have been issued by Forestry Commission England in each quarter since 2015; and how many hectares those licences cover.
The Forestry Commission’s record of the number of felling licences granted and the area of land these covered from 2015 to date is reproduced in the table below.
Period | Number of Licences granted | Area of land covered (hectares) |
2015 |
|
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Q1 (Jan - March) | 598 | 5083 |
Q2 (April - June) | 523 | 4990 |
Q3 (July - Sept) | 562 | 6384 |
Q4 (Oct - Dec) | 611 | 7398 |
2016 |
|
|
Q1 (Jan - March) | 574 | 17040 |
Q2 (April - June) | 603 | 13036 |
Q3 (July - Sept) | 880 | 13329 |
Q4 (Oct - Dec) | 681 | 14795 |
2017 |
|
|
Q1 (Jan - March) | 942 | 19665 |
Q2 (April - June) | 787 | 15132 |
Q3 (July - Sept) | 799 | 23448 |
Q4 (Oct - Dec) | 687 | 13898 |
2018 |
|
|
Q1 (Jan - March) | 694 | 14526 |
Q2 (April - June) | 669 | 13043 |
The above table does not include felling approved on the Public Forest Estate which is exempt from the requirement for a licence or felling approved in legacy English Woodland Grant Schemes.