Restoring and expanding open habitats from woods and forests in England: developing policy
These pages show how we are developing Government policy on restoring and expanding open habitats from woods and forests in England. We are aiming for a policy that delivers changes in the real world - outcomes. Early in the process we will work out how to measure the effectiveness of the policy. We will develop policy options and use evidence to assess which are most likely to work. We are using an open process throughout, encouraging stakeholders to get involved through a variety of mechanisms and publishing intermediate steps on these pages. We are leading the process working closely with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Natural England. DocumentationRestoration of open habitats from woods and forests: Process for developing policy. (PDF 56kb)
Restoration of open habitats from woods and forests: Policy development - Step 1 of 9 (PDF 87kb)
Stakeholder workshop 26th September 2008
Restoration of open habitats from woods and forests: Policy evidence summary - Step 2 of 9 (PDF 367kb)
Summary of policy development processUpdate 8th December 2008: The consultation on Government policy on restoring and expanding open habitats from woods and forests in England will now be launched early in the new year, January 2009. Changes to the initial plan are shown in bold or strikethrough below Step | Mechanism | Timescale | 1. Fit progress to date into a policy cycle. Policy dev - Step 1
(PDF 87kb) | Forestry Commission England (FCE) to use work to date to produce a paper to define the problem, desired outcomes (including indicators of outcomes) and other issues for consideration and set out policy options. | June 2008 | 2. Work out implications for delivery mechanisms and collate evidence. Policy Evidence summary - Step 2 (PDF 367kb) | Leads for each delivery mechanism to work out implications. FCE to set out summary of evidence. Considered at workshop 26th September. | August - September 2008 | 3. Plan evaluation. | Including a stakeholder workshop 26th September. | September 2008 - October 2008 | 4. Appraise options. | | 5. Consult. | Formal public consultation. | November 2008 - February 2009 January 2009 - March 2009 | 6. Make a decision. | Options paper to be submitted to Ministers by FCE. | February April/May 2009
| 7. Produce policy document. | FC to draft. Subject to Ministerial response. | June March 2009 | 8. Set up delivery mechanisms. | Depends on policy decision but will include a plan for the Forestry Commission Estate. | Depends on policy decision. | 9. Launch policy. | Launch policy at an outdoor event: both the policy and The strategy for the Forestry Commission Estate will follow in 2009/10 | Depends on policy decision. |
If you wish to get involved in this process, please contact: Dominic Driver
Senior Projects Officer, Programme Group, Forestry Commission England
340 Bristol Business Park,
 Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ Tel: 0117 906 6003
Mob: 07779 627668
e-mail: dominic.driver@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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