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Tree Felling: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences were granted by Forestry Commission England in 2024.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences were granted by Forestry Commission England in 2024.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Forestry is a devolved matter and so this answer is for England only. The Forestry Commission granted 3,437 felling licences in 2024. No felling licence applications were refused.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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