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Getting hold of Forest Management Plan for BSL fuel application


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Does anyone have experience or knowledge in obtaining a copy of a UK Forestry Standard compliant management plan that would have been created, along with the felling licence, for a forest where wood fuel originated?

 

I am registering 22 tonnes of fuel on the Biomass Suppliers List as a producer/trader (personal use). I bought the wood from Euroforest but they say they do not have a copy of the plan but only the felling licence as these plans could cover a 25 year period!

 

Unless I can get this document I can only submit the fuel via a Risk Based Regional Assessment (RBRA) that incurs a BSL fee of £450 +VAT!

 

Thanks

 

 

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It may have come from woodland that doesn't have an approved management plan. A felling licence doesn't require a full plan to be in place. Until recently a FC approved management plan didn't require a separate felling licence, so a standalone licence may suggest that there is no management plan.

Was it sold to you as guaranteed UKFS compliant?

If you've got a copy of the felling licence then you could contact the local FC Woodland Officer to see if they can tell you any more info.

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It may have come from woodland that doesn't have an approved management plan. A felling licence doesn't require a full plan to be in place. Until recently a FC approved management plan didn't require a separate felling licence, so a standalone licence may suggest that there is no management plan.
Was it sold to you as guaranteed UKFS compliant?
If you've got a copy of the felling licence then you could contact the local FC Woodland Officer to see if they can tell you any more info.
It's from Forestry Commission forest so without doubt has all of the documentation that could possibly exist. The wood was also FSC 100% pure but that stops with the supplier as the chain of custody is broken as I'm not FSC certified. I've left a message with the FC admin hub about it. Complete red tape gravy train for BSL.
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