Land for new woodland
Land of 1 ha or more in England, at least 20 m wide, the least the England Woodland Creation Offer takes, with no ancient woodland, priority habitat, best farmland or common land on it and 250 m from an SSSI.
74,929 sites fit this search today
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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What the search looks for
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Open the search- 1 ha or more in England
- 20 m wide
- No ancient woodland, priority habitat, best farmland or common land
- 250 m from an SSSI
- A national park or landscape is flagged as a risk
On every site
- What grows there now
- The shares of the land under crops, grass and trees, and how much is already priority habitat.
- Farmland grade
- The share that is best and most versatile land, from the national grades.
- Designations
- SSSIs, ancient woodland, common land and protected landscapes on or near the land.
Why these rules
England Woodland Creation Offer (Forestry Commission): at least 1 ha in blocks of 0.1 ha or more, at least 20 m wide; England only. The Forestry Commission's low sensitivity map (v5.0, October 2026) marks where planting is least likely to meet objections, and no woodland is approved on peat over 30 cm deep.
In a national park or national landscape planting needs the Forestry Commission's consent with the landscape weighed, so it is shown as a risk. Woodland is left out.
Sites from the search
Six of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.
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Chollerton139 ha
Northumberland
Widest point 760 mTree cover 1%
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Fairford132 ha
Cotswold
Widest point 918 mTree cover 4%
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Enstone126 ha
West Oxfordshire
Widest point 892 mTree cover 4%
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Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange121 ha
North Kesteven
Widest point 639 mTree cover 3%
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Dinnington St. John's90.1 ha
Rotherham
Widest point 859 mTree cover 2%
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Barnacre-with-Bonds96.8 ha
Wyre
Widest point 533 mTree cover 9%
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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