Felling Licence Applications for Highways England

Felling Licence Application (FLA) areas approved by Forestry Commission England. Anyone wishing to fell trees must ensure that a licence or permission under a grant scheme has been issued by the Forestry Commission before any felling is carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. You normally need to get permission from the Forestry Commission to fell growing trees. This is usually given in a Felling Licence or an approval under a grant scheme. In certain circumstances you may also need special permission from another organisation for any proposed felling. This sometimes applies even if you do not need a Felling Licence. Everyone involved in the felling of trees, whether doing the work or by engaging others, eg. the owner, agent, timber merchant or contractor, must ensure that a licence or approval under a grant scheme has been issued before any felling is carried out or that one of the exceptions apply. They must also ensure that the work is carried out in accordance with the terms of a Forestry Commission permission. If there is no licence or other valid permission, or if the wrong trees are felled, anyone involved can be prosecuted. Do not begin felling until the Forestry Commission have issued a licence or other permission. Any felling carried out without either a licence or other permission is an offence, unless it is covered by an exception. Full details are available in the Forestry Commission's booklet 'Tree Felling - Getting Permission'. This dataset differs from a standard FLA in the following way: The dataset contains land (mostly near to roads) that Highways England maintain. A felling licence has been approved to cover a 5 year period following the recommendation in the agreed memorandum of understanding between the Forestry Commission and Highways England. The area delineated shows what could be thinned rather than what will be thinned and does not negate the requirements for consulting other statutory agencies. The licence provides Highways England with permission to undertake thinning operations for the removal of a proportion of trees in a forest, woodland or line after canopy closure, usually quantified by the percentage of canopy cover or number of stems removed not usually exceeding 30% at any intervention. Felling outside of this definition may require additional licencing. Attributes: FEATDESC - Type of licence approved. FELLREF - Reference that relates to licence details in the master Felling Licence Database. Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: © Crown copyright and database right 'year'. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100021242.英格兰林业委员会（Forestry Commission England）核准的伐木许可申请（Felling Licence Application, FLA）区域数据集。凡欲采伐林木者，须确保在开展采伐作业前，已取得英格兰林业委员会核发的伐木许可，或符合资助计划项下的许可要求，亦或满足法定豁免情形。通常情况下，采伐存活林木须向英格兰林业委员会申请许可，该许可一般以伐木许可或资助计划项下的核准文件形式出具。在特定情形下，拟开展采伐作业的主体还须取得其他主管部门的专项许可；即便无需申请伐木许可，有时仍需遵守该要求。所有参与林木采伐活动的主体（包括自行作业者、委托第三方作业者，如林木所有者、代理人、木材商或承包商等），均须确保在开展采伐作业前已取得伐木许可或资助计划项下的核准文件，或满足法定豁免情形。同时，须确保采伐作业严格按照英格兰林业委员会核发的许可条款实施。若无有效许可或其他合规权限，或错伐林木，所有参与主体均可能被追究法律责任。在英格兰林业委员会核发许可或其他权限文件前，不得擅自启动采伐作业。未取得伐木许可或其他合规权限的采伐作业均属违法行为，法定豁免情形除外。详细规则可参阅英格兰林业委员会发布的《林木采伐——申请许可》手册。 本数据集与标准FLA数据集的差异如下： 本数据集涵盖英格兰公路局（Highways England）管护的、多毗邻道路的林地。依据英格兰林业委员会与英格兰公路局达成的谅解备忘录中的建议，本数据集所涉伐木许可的核准有效期为自许可生效起5年。本数据集划定的区域仅为可开展疏伐作业的范围，而非既定疏伐作业范围，且并未免除向其他法定主管机构咨询的义务。该许可授予英格兰公路局开展疏伐作业的权限：在林分郁闭后，对森林、林地或林带中一定比例的林木进行移除；移除比例通常以冠层覆盖占比或林木株数计算，单次作业的移除比例一般不超过30%。超出该定义范围的采伐作业，可能需要申请额外许可。 数据集属性说明： FEATDESC：核准的许可类型 FELLREF：主伐木许可数据库中关联许可详情的编号 所有纸质载体须附带以下声明：© 皇家版权及数据库权「年份」。英国地形测量局（Ordnance Survey）许可编号：100021242。