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<p>The Forestry Commission’s record of the number of felling licences granted and
the area of land these covered from 2015 to date is reproduced in the table below.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Number of Licences
granted</p></td><td><p>Area of land covered (hectares)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Jan - March)</p></td><td><p>598</p></td><td><p>5083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2
(April - June)</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>4990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 (July
- Sept)</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>6384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Oct - Dec)</p></td><td><p>611</p></td><td><p>7398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Jan - March)</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>17040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2
(April - June)</p></td><td><p>603</p></td><td><p>13036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3
(July - Sept)</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>13329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Oct
- Dec)</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>14795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Jan - March)</p></td><td><p>942</p></td><td><p>19665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2
(April - June)</p></td><td><p>787</p></td><td><p>15132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3
(July - Sept)</p></td><td><p>799</p></td><td><p>23448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 (Oct
- Dec)</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>13898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 (Jan - March)</p></td><td><p>694</p></td><td><p>14526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2
(April - June)</p></td><td><p>669</p></td><td><p>13043</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The above table does not include felling approved on the Public
Forest Estate which is exempt from the requirement for a licence or felling approved
in legacy English Woodland Grant Schemes.</p><p> </p>
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