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Contact details for the Forestry Commission, including area offices, operational delivery team and plant health forestry team.

Who to contact

Local woodland officers and operational delivery teams

For information about our grants, tree felling licences, regulations and managing private woods and forests, contact either:
- your local woodland officer from your local area office (#area-offices)
- our operational delivery team hub (#odt)
Woodland creation officers

For questions about woodland creation and the right grant for you, contact a woodland creation officer (#Woodland-Creation-Team).

Plant health forestry team

Our plant health forestry team (#phf) supports the protection of England’s forests, woods and trees by helping to prevent pests and diseases from arriving on our shores through trade, finding them early if they do arrive and responding appropriately to help limit their potential harmful effects.

Operational delivery team hubs

The operational delivery team hubs manage:
- grants: including woodland creation (EWCO and WCPG), tree health grants, and grants specific to an operational delivery hub
- regulations: including felling licences and alleged illegal felling, Environmental Impact Assessments, woodland management plans, species management plans, agroforestry plans, Habitat Regulations Assessments and plant health
Our 3 England hubs are:
- Bucks Horn Oak (#bucks-horn-oak): mostly covers the east of England
- Bullers Hill (#bullers-hill): mostly covers the west of England, with dedications across the whole country
- Bristol (#bristol): covers all of England dealing with all new grants
Bucks Horn Oak hub

Bucks Horn OakFarnhamSurreyGU10 4LSPhone: 0300 067 4420Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

The Bucks Horn Oak hub manages the English Woodland Grant Scheme, Countryside Stewardship Woodland Capital Grant 2015 claim applications and regulations in the following areas:
- South East and London
- East and East Midlands
- Yorkshire and North East
It also manages the Farm Woodland Scheme and Farm Woodland Premium Scheme in the following areas:
- South East and London
- East and East Midlands
- North East
Bullers Hill hub

Bullers HillKennfordExeterEX6 7XRPhone: 0300 067 4960Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

The Bullers Hill hub manages the English Woodland Grant Scheme, Countryside Stewardship Woodland Capital Grant 2015 claim applications and regulations in the following areas:
- South West
- North West and West Midlands
It also manages the Farm Woodland Scheme and Farm Woodland Premium Scheme in the following areas:
- South West
- North West and West Midlands
- York and North East
Bristol hub

Forestry Commission620 Bristol Business ParkColdharbour LaneBristolBS16 1EJPhone: xx-xxxx-xxxx

The Bristol hub manages the following grants for all of England:
- England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- HS2 Woodland Fund (HS2WF): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Tree Health Pilot (THP): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Woodland Carbon Fund (WCF) (legacy only, closed to new applicants): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG): email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
Area offices

Your local woodland officer can advise you on managing your woodland, the support available and the regulatory processes involved.

Find your local woodland officer, and area office, in our boundaries map:

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6932b2d55b5198836f3040ef/1203_WO_boundaries_index_map_England_V2.55.pdf)

Woodland officer boundaries map (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6932b2d55b5198836f3040ef/1203_WO_boundaries_index_map_England_V2.55.pdf)

PDF, 2.38 MB, 1 page

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If you’re emailing your area office, include your location (postcode or grid reference) and the size of your woodland.

Find your area office:

Yorkshire and North East

Forestry CommissionFoss House, Kings Pool1-2 Peasholme GreenYorkYO1 7PXPhone: 0300 067 4900Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

North West and West Midlands

Ghyll MountGillan WayPenrith 40 Business ParkPenrithCumbriaCA11 9BPPhone: 0300 067 4029Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

East and East Midlands

Forestry CommissionSanton DownhamBrandonSuffolkIP27 0TJPhone: 0300 067 4574Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

South East and London

Bucks Horn OakFarnhamSurreyGU10 4LSPhone: 0300 067 4420Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

South West

Bullers HillKennfordExeterEX6 7XRPhone: 0300 067 4960Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Woodland creation teams

Get expert advice from your local woodland creation team. They can provide:
- advice and guidance on tree planting, creating new woodland and agroforestry
- help understanding the grant options available
- technical expertise to develop your woodland plans
The form will take less than 5 minutes to complete. It asks you for your contact details and information about where you’d like to plant woodland. If you have a map of your proposed site, you can upload that too.

Complete our woodland creation contact form (https://submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/7813/get-support-to-plant-trees-and-woodland/28725).

Plant health forestry

The plant health forestry team supports the protection of forests, woods and trees. We help prevent pests and diseases from arriving on our shores through trade, and respond appropriately to limit any potential harmful effects.

We carry out a range of activities including inspecting regulated wood, wood products and bark material entering, leaving, or moving around Great Britain. We monitor woodland health and respond to tree pest and disease outbreaks.

Find out how to identify and report suspected tree pest and diseases (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tree-pests-and-diseases).

Do not send sample material to our offices.

Import, export, and movement of timber and wood

Email us with queries about importing, exporting or movement of regulated wood into and within Great Britain. This also includes:
- wood products
- bark
- wood packaging material
- dunnage
- firewood
Email us at: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Read more about importing and exporting wood and timber products (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/importing-and-exporting-wood-and-timber-products).

Plant health inspectors: points of entry

You must submit your completed Notice of Landing form (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-of-landing-form) to the relevant inspector to tell us about your intention to land plant health controlled material at a specific point of entry.

See the full list of designated points of entry for plant health-controlled material (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plant-imports-authorised-points-of-entry-to-the-uk).

Contacts for the main points of entry

Inverness, Peterhead, Aberdeen, Montrose, Grangemouth, Greenock, Inverkeithing, Leith, Methil, Perth, Dundee and Rosyth - Plant Health Forestry: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Liverpool, Birkenhead, Garston, Bromborough, Tyne, Sunderland, Seaham, Hartlepool, Tees, Teesport, and Manchester Airport - John Reid, mobile: xx-xxxx-xxxx, fax: xx-xxxx-xxxx, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Hull, Goole, Immingham, Grimsby, New Holland, Barrowhaven, Flixborough, Gunness Wharf and Keadby - Paul Gibson, mobile: xx-xxxx-xxxx, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

North Thames (Tilbury, Mistely, Harwich, Creaksea (Baltic Wharf), Brightlingsea and Stansted Airport) - Plant Health Forestry, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

South Thames (Thamesport, Sheerness, Rochester, Chatham, Ridham, Dover, London Gateway, and Gatwick Airport) - Plant Health Forestry, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Cardiff, Barry, Port Talbot, Swansea, Neath, Newport, Bristol (Avonmouth), Sharpness, Pembroke and Portbury - Sid Martin, mobile: xx-xxxx-xxxx, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Teignmouth, Plymouth, Par and Newquay - email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Southampton, Poole, Shoreham, and London Heathrow Airport - Paul Radigan, Alistair Wilson, fax: xx-xxxx-xxxx, mobile: xx-xxxx-xxxx, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Felixstowe, Ipswich, Boston, Sutton Bridge, King’s Lynn and Wisbech - Plant Health Forestry, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

East Midlands Airport - Plant Health Service, email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Northern Ireland

Belfast, Warrenpoint and Lisahally.

Plant Health Inspection Branch, Forest ServiceDepartment of AgricultureEnvironment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)Room 1019, Dundonald HouseUpper Newtownards RoadBallymiscawBelfast BT4 3SBPhone: 02890 524 91870Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Forest reproductive materials

Our forests and woodlands need to be well-adapted to the environment to grow well. The team also regulates the supply of forest reproductive materials to ensure that it can be traced back to the source of seed collection.

Find contact details and more information on Marketing forest reproductive material for forestry purposes (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/marketing-forest-reproductive-material-for-forestry-purposes).

Surveys, monitoring and biosecurity

For information about our surveying and monitoring of tree and woodland health in England, or for advice on good biosecurity practice, contact:

Plant Health Forestry teamForestry Commission620 Bristol Business ParkColdharbour LaneBristolBS16 1EJPhone: 0300 067 4000Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Oak processionary moth (OPM)

The plant health forestry team also manages the oak processionary moth (OPM) control programme. If you have questions about OPM contact:

Phone: xx-xxxx-xxxx Email: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Local species management teams

Our local species management emails are:
- South West: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- North West and West Midlands: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- East and East Midlands: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- South East and London:xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
- Yorkshire and North East: xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)
Contact Forestry England

For information about visiting one of the nation’s 1,500 woods and forests, to find out about the way they are cared for, or to do business with Forestry England contact Forestry England (https://www.forestryengland.uk/our-offices).

Contact Forest Research

To talk to us about the Forestry Commission’s scientific services in support of sustainable forestry contact Forest Research (https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/locations/).