Schemes Circulars
2013
- Circular 22/2013 - State Aid (pdf 138Kb)
- Form 1a (Interim) (doc 35Kb)
- Circular 21/2013 - State Aid (pdf 279Kb)
- Form 1a (doc 35Kb)
- Circular 20/2013 - Woodland Improvement Scheme - Tending and Thinning (pdf 109Kb)
- Circular 19/2013 - Forest Service Circular NWSEst and Oak (pdf 313Kb)
- Circular 18/2013 - Afforestation Grant & Premium Schemes - Financial Approvals 2013-2014 (pdf 224Kb)
- Form 1a (2013.2014) (pdf 41Kb)
- Planting Conditions 2013.2014 (pdf 75Kb)
- Circular 17/2013 - Native Woodland Establishment Scheme Training Course 15 Nov 2013 (doc 253Kb)
- Circular 16/2013 Autumn Planting 2013 (pdf 67Kb)
- Autumn Planting 2013 conditions amend (pdf 81Kb)
- Circular 15/2013 - Autumn Planting 2013 (pdf 224Kb)
- Autumn Planting Conditions 2013 (doc 26Kb)
- Form 1a (Autumn 2013) (doc 34Kb)
- Form 1b (Autumn 2013) (doc 34Kb)
- Form 1c (Autumn 2013) (doc 34Kb)
- Circular 14/2013 - Southern Scientific Services Ltd - Foliar, Soil and Alkalinity Testing (pdf 63Kb)
- Circular 13/2013 - Afforestation applications in areas designated for the protection of the Hen Harrier (pdf 24Kb)
- Circular 12/2013 - Register of Foresters (pdf 55Kb)
- Circular 11/2013 - Forest Fire Risk Warning 20-21 July 2013 (pdf 261Kb)
- Circular 10/2013 - Danger of Wildfires (pdf 87Kb)
- Circular 9/2013 - Compulsory Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) (pdf 8Kb)
- Circular 8/2013 - Native Woodland Establishment Scheme Training 12 July 2013 (pdf 371Kb)
- Circular 7/2013 - Forest Fire Risk Warning 31 May 2013 (pdf 247Kb)
- Circular 6/2013 - Forest Fire Risk Warning 3 May 2013 (pdf 322Kb)
- Circular 5/2013 - Forest Fire Risk Warning 27 Mar 2013 (pdf 221Kb)
- Circular 4/2013 - Native Woodland Establishment Scheme - Acid Sensitivity Protocol for Afforestation and Chalara Fraxinea Ash Dieback Disease (pdf 388Kb)
- Appendix A - NWS Establishment Site Framework (pdf 1,181Kb)
- Circular 3/2013 - Broadleaved Planting and Supply (pdf 266Kb)
- Circular 2/2013 - National Parks & Wildlife Service Referrals (pdf 41Kb)
- Circular 1/2013 - Forest Roads Scheme (pdf 6Kb)
2012
- Circular 14/2012: Afforestation Grant & Premium Scheme - Financial Approvals (pdf 212Kb)
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- FORM 1(a): Spring Planting (pdf 40Kb)
- Spring Planting 2013 - Conditions (pdf 72Kb)
- Circular 13/2012 - New arrangements for Laboratory Services (pdf 153Kb)
- Circular 11/2012 - Roads Circular December 2012 (pdf 170Kb)
- Circular 10/2012 Afforestation Grant & Premium Scheme-Financial Approvals Autumn 2012 (doc 23Kb)
- Circular 09/2012 Afforestation Grant & Premium Scheme - Financial Approvals Autumn 2012 (doc 24Kb)
- Circular 08/2012 Appropriate Assessment Procedure (AAP) requirements regarding Freshwater Pearl Mussel and forestry operations (doc 23Kb)
- Circular 07/2012 Sitka spruce (doc 22Kb)
- Circular 06/2012 European Communities (Aerial Fertilisation) (Forestry) Regulations 2012
(doc 25Kb)
- S.I. No. 125 of 2012 (pdf 146Kb)
- Circular 05/2012 Prioritising of Afforestation Schemes applications for technical approval, Forest Road Scheme (pdf 6Kb)
- Circular 04/2012 Joint Management Consent, Mandate of Grants,Invoices,Checklist (pdf 193Kb)
- Circular 03/2012 Forest Fire Risk Warning (pdf 219Kb)
- Circular 02/2012 - Appropriate Assessment Procedures for Forestry Activities (doc 24Kb)
- Forest Service Appropriate Assessment Procedure Information Note March 2012 (pdf 798Kb)
- Appendix A Forest Service Guidance Note: Natura Impact Statements (pdf 495Kb)
- Appendix B Appropriate Assessment Procedure (AAP) requirements regarding Hen Harrier SPAs and afforestation (pdf 445Kb)
- Appendix C Appropriate Assessment Procedure (AAP) requirements regarding Hen Harrier SPAs, felling and other disturbance operations (pdf 456Kb)
- Circular 01/2012 Forest Roads (Grant) Scheme and Woodland Improvement (Tending and Thinning of Broadleaves) Scheme (pdf 281Kb)
2011
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Circular 23/2011: Revised Forestry Schemes Manual 2011 (pdf 2,999Kb)
Letter re: Circular 23/2011 (doc 23Kb) -
Circular 22 - Roads Consultation (doc 26Kb)
- Circular 21/2011: Afforestation Grant & Premium Scheme-Financial Approvals (pdf 210Kb)
- Attachment Circular 21/2011 (pdf 114Kb)
- Circular 20/2011: Forest Roads Scheme and Woodland Improvement scheme (Tending and Thinning) (pdf 126Kb)
Circular 19/2011 - Procedures for Reporting Fires (doc 98Kb) - Forest Fire Circular (pdf 154Kb)
- Circular 18/2011: Land Types for afforestation (doc 42Kb)
- Circular 17/2011 - Revised Form 3 Procedures (doc 23Kb)
- Restrictions on Reconstitution Scheme (doc 31Kb)
- Circular 16/2011 - Treatment of applications under the Forest Road Scheme (doc 25Kb)
- Circular 15/2011: Afforestation Grant & Premium Scheme - Financial Approvals (doc 24Kb)
- Form 1A (pdf 114Kb)
- Circular 14/2011: Planting of Alder in GPC 5, 6 and 7 (doc 26Kb)
- Circular 13/2011: Appropriate Assessment Procedure - Consultation (doc 27Kb)
- Attachment Circular 13/2011 (pdf 178Kb)
- Circular 12/2011 - revised version to follow
- Circular 11/2011: Revision of the Establishment Element of the Native Woodland Scheme (NWS) (doc 27Kb)
- Native Woodland Scheme - Establishment August 2011 (pdf 1,916Kb)
- Circular 10/2011: Procedures for Assessing Afforestation Applications in Hen Harrier Areas for 2011 (doc 49Kb)
- Circulars 9/2011 - Outstanding Support Schemes Approvals (doc 24Kb)
- Circular 8/2011 - re Outstanding Commitments (doc 25Kb)
- Circular 7/2011 - Communities (Forest Consent and Assessment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No 558 of 2010) (doc 38Kb)
- Circular 06/2011: Revised Mapping Standards (doc 23Kb)
- Forest Service Mapping Standards (pdf 2,962Kb)
- Mapping Standards Map Legend Templates (xls 118Kb)
- Circular 5/2011 - IS436 Fencing and Fixed Grant System (doc 84Kb)
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- Circular 4/2011 - Attachment 1 (pdf 2,951Kb)
- Circular 4/2011 - Attachment 2 (xls 112Kb)
- Circular 3/2011 - Oak - Beech Spacing (doc 25Kb)
- Circular 1/2011 (doc 22Kb)
- Circular 1a/2011 - JMC Form Attachment (doc 27Kb)
- Circular 1a/2011 - TCC and JMC's (doc 21Kb)
2010
- Circular 1/2010: Outstanding Support Schemes Approvals (pdf 42Kb)
- Circular 2/2010: Outstanding Support Schemes Approvals (doc 26Kb)
- Circular 3/2010: REPS & FEPS Afforestation Scheme (pdf 11Kb)
- Circular 4/2010: Forest Road Scheme (pdf 15Kb)
- Circular 5/2010: Forest Roads Scheme - Implementation of phased payments (pdf 12Kb)
- Foresters Declaration Form 3 (doc 53Kb)
- Circular 06/2010
- Circular 8/2010: Changes to Specifications at Form 2 e.g. species changes/Provenance Declaration Forms (doc 29Kb)
- Public information on Phytophthora ramorum
- Ref 10a/2010 - Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme - Financial Approvals (doc 19Kb)
- Circular 10/2010: Changes to Afforestation Grant and Premium Schemes 2011 (doc 49Kb)
2009
- Circular 1/2009: Environmental Impact Assesment for Forest Road Development (pdf 33Kb)
- Circular 5/2009: Restrictions on Reconstitution Scheme (pdf 40Kb)
- Circular 6/2009: Afforestation, Grant and Premium Schemes (pdf 48Kb)
- Circular 8/2009: Woodland Improvement Scheme (pdf 129Kb)
- Circular 9/2009: Shortage of Scots pine and European Larch Plants (pdf 42Kb)
- Circular 10/2009: Forest Road Scheme (pdf 38Kb)
- Circular 11/2009: Technical/Financial Approvals (pdf 29Kb)
- Circular 12/2009: Afforestation Scheme - Full/Financial Approvals (pdf 25Kb)
- Circular 14/2009: Interim Oak and Beech Planting Pattern (pdf 33Kb)






