Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Provides guidance on landscape and woodland design for woodland creation, looking at how new woodland can enhance landscape character and what benefits are provided. Covers: purpose, landscape, woodland design principles, landscape character appraisal, understanding landscape character, protected and sensitive landscapes, other landscape considerations, further guidance and further reading.
History
Last updated: 23 September 2026 - Fixed broken links and added numbering to the 7 woodland design principles. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/landscape-and-woodland-design-for-woodland-creation and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. First published: 13 June 2023.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Environmental planning/land
- Natural environment
- Forestry
Publisher History
The Forestry Commission publishes a wide range of information in support of sustainable forest management in Britain. The information they produce is: Crown Copyright, courtesy Forestry Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence.