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We issue tree felling licences to help protect the woodlands of Wales from indiscriminate felling. Find out if you need a licence, and how to apply.

Felling licences are issued by Natural Resources Wales to help protect the forests and woodlands of Wales and to prevent indiscriminate felling.

How to let us know if you think trees have been felled without the necessary permission.

Before you apply for a felling licence, find out whether there are applicable exemptions or other legal controls in force.

This Register gives a short summary of the applications received for a licence to fell growing trees and is updated weekly. Details of the application will stay on the Register for a minimum of four weeks.

20 Jan 2017

Officers from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are investigating a serious case of illegal tree felling in the Blackwood area.

02 Sep 2016

The latest phase of timber felling at a forest plantation in Snowdonia is underway by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), with timber haulage set to start next week.

05 Feb 2018

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is about to begin the next phase of a major project to harvest unstable trees growing above a section of a trunk road in mid-Wales.

05 Jan 2016

Phytophthora Ramorum has devastated Larch crops across Wales, with 6.7 million trees felled to date

29 Aug 2017

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is temporarily closing a forest car park and trail while tree felling operations are carried out in Mid-Wales.

08 Sep 2017

A forest car park near Caerphilly will be closing from 15 September while tree felling operations are carried out.

11 May 2015

Natural Resources Wales has today (Monday 11th May, 2015) begun their major tree felling operations at Cwmcarn Forest to slow the spread of Phytophthora ramorum, a disease which is attacking larch trees.

21 Feb 2018

A road between the Rhondda and Cynon Valleys will be closed while Natural Resources Wales (NRW) contractors carry out tree felling.

23 Oct 2017

22 Jun 2015

Natural Resources Wales is inviting people who live near or enjoy Cwmcarn forest to find out more about the major tree felling operation at the site which began in May. A drop in session will be held at Cwmcarn Visitor Centre, on Sunday, 5th July, from 10:00am – 2:00pm where their staff will be on hand to answer any questions on the work that is currently taking place and future plans for the forest.

27 Jan 2020

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is temporarily closing some forest paths and trails while tree felling operations are carried out in Afan Forest Park near Port Talbot.

18 Jan 2016

The second phase of a major tree felling operation has now begun at a popular mid-Wales centre to slow the spread of a disease which is attacking larch trees.

Natural Resources Wales will not issue licences to thin or clearfell Larch through the winter months because we cannot assess the trees for signs of the Phytophthora Ramorum disease.

25 Nov 2015

Natural Resources Wales has announced plans for the second phase of a major tree felling operation at a popular mid-Wales centre to slow the spread of a disease which is attacking larch trees.

15 May 2014

Natural Resources Wales has decided to close part of a South Wales attraction later this year to carry out large-scale felling of trees affected by larch disease; a highly infectious and untreatable disease.