Skip to main content

Help with forest planning

We offer different approaches to help support you manage your forest. Find management information and follow our plan templates to access grant support.

Published: 22 Feb 2025

Topic: Manage forests

We have different resources available to help you better manage your forest.

We offer financial assistance through our forestry grant scheme when an application is undertaken using our templates. The plans are:


How do the plans differ?

Management plans are a good tool to support the management of a woodland of less than 100 hectares over a ten year period.

A management plan allows for the planning of thinning a woodland but it is worth noting that clear operations must be sought through a felling permission or a long-term forest plan.

You can visit our Forestry Tools section to look at designations that might affect your land. Forest research have a range of services to help with planning and managing woodlands.

Forest planning and management services (Forest Research website)

Was this page helpful?

Feedback buttons

Rate your experience

Your feedback helps us to improve this website. Do not give any personal information because we cannot reply to you directly.

Your feedback helps us to improve this website. Do not give any personal information because we cannot reply to you directly.

Rate your experience

Your feedback helps us to improve this website. Do not give any personal information because we cannot reply to you directly.