Why Trees? The benefits for your business, your community and the environment

This document sets out what the benefits of trees are and helps you to decide how integrating trees into your farm or croft could help your business.

There’s also advice on what to consider to help you integrate trees within your business and there are pointers of where to get more information

WIAT Plan Template

This ten-year management plan template is designed for woodlands that are being funded under the Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) Woods In and Around Towns (WIAT) Urban Woodland Management Plan Grant.

Wood Fuel Demand and Usage in Scotland - 2021 report

This report on existing and potential wood fuel use in Scotland (from 4 May 2023) covers the 2021 calendar year, as well as providing revised results for some previous reporting years.

Woodfield Long Term Forest Plan

This document is an example of a Long Term Forest Plan for Woodfield Estate.

Woodland Creation and Curlew

Woodland expansion and curlew

Woodland Creation Essentials

A question and answer document which covers key factors to be considered during woodland creation.

Woodland Creation Processing Agreement Information Note

Information note describing Woodland Creation Processing Agreements (WCPA) and how these are implemented.

Woodland Creation: Application Guidance

Woodland creation guidance to be followed when applying for grant support to create a new woodland, to comply with the Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 for afforestation, and when you are seeking Scottish Forestry approval for a woodland compensatory planting scheme required as a condition of a planning permission.

Woodland Creation: Application Guidance Supporting Information

This document should be used in conjunction with the Woodland Creation Applicant’s guide. It provides guidance on the collection of relevant information for investigations of land on which new woodland is to be created.

Woodland Expansion Advisory Group - June 2012

Woodland Expansion Advisory Group - June 2012

Woodland Expansion in Scotland

A discussion paper on woodland expansion in Scotland was published for public consultation on 30 June 2008 to 30 September 2008. This document provides a report on the public consultation responses.