Responding to public consultations is an important way to influence policy. We consult with members as much as possible and often work in partnership with other organisations to strengthen our messages. We also produce papers on specific topics where it is important to publish our position.
Current
Consultation on Protecting Hedgerows
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Deadline: 20 September 2023
Please respond individually online.
Focused Consultation - Update of the FSC-POL-30-001A Lists of FSC Highly Hazardous Pesticides
FSC
Deadline: 30 September 2023
Tackling the Nature Emergency: Consultation on Scotland’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity
Scottish Government
Deadline: 14 December 2023
Please send your comments to Shona Smyth MICFor, Senior Technical Officer by Friday 24 November and respond individually online.
Past
2023
Changes to the Forestry (felling of trees) Regulations 1979 – Welsh Government, September 2023
Management of Existing UK Woodlands: An Opportunity for Green Prosperity – Institute of Chartered Foresters & CIEEM, August 2023
Environmental Outcomes Report – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, June 2023
Read our industry response with the Environmental Policy Forum>>
Future Grant Support for Forestry – Scottish Forestry, May 2023
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, March 2023
Read our industry response with the Environmental Policy Forum>>
Regulatory Fees and Charges for 2023/2024 – Natural Resources Wales, January 2023
UK Forestry Standard: Draft Updated Content – Scottish Forestry, December 2022
RICS Standard – Valuation of Woodlands – Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, November 2022
Agriculture (Wales) Bill – Welsh Government, November 2022
Forestry Act revisions – Developments and additional information>>
Read the Committee Stage 1 Report (January 2023)>>
Sustainable Timber and Deforestation – Environmental Audit Committee, September 2022
Environment Act 2021: Environmental Targets – Defra, June 2022
Nature Recovery Green Paper – Defra, May 2022
Select Committee on Land Use in England – House of Lords, April 2022
Biodiversity Net Gain Regulations and Implementation – Defra, April 2022
Consultation on Future Agricultural Policy Proposals for Northern Ireland – DAERA, February 2022
GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy Consultation – GB Governments, November 2021
UKWAS 5 Second Revision Draft Consultation – UKWAS, November 2021
Forestry skills crisis Institute position paper – Institute of Chartered Foresters, October 2021
UKFS Review key stakeholder consultation – UKFS, September 2021
Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy – DAERA, September 2021
Delivering Economic Transformation – Scottish Government, August 2021
Agriculture (Wales) White Paper – Welsh Government, March 2021
National Planning Policy Framework – MHCLG, March 2021
Read our response>>
Scotland’s Third Land Use Strategy – Scottish Government, January 2021
Inquiry on Environmental Land Management and Agricultural Transition – Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs Committee, January 2021
Inquiry on Tree Planting and Woodlands – Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs Committee, November 2020
Planning White Paper – MHCLG, October 2020
Sustainable Farming and our Land – Welsh Government, October 2020
England Tree Strategy – Defra, September 2020
Environmental Land Management Scheme – Defra, July 2020
Read our forestry sector response with Confor, Royal Forestry Society and Woodland Trust>>
Scotland’s Forestry Strategy – Forestry and Land Scotland, July 2019
Environmental Land Management Scheme – Defra, July 2019
Read our forestry sector position paper with Confor, the Woodland Trust and Royal Forestry Society>>
Protecting and Enhancing England’s Trees and Woodlands – Defra, February 2019
T Levels, Department for Education and Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, January 2019
