The potential area of lowland heath based on recent Forestry Commission surveys in each forest district and the area that has been replanted since 2005 is given in the following table. The area scheduled for replanting following clear felling is given based on the existing management plans to 2020. These plans are subject to revision in the light of new policy developments and any operational considerations such as wind damage, disease etc.
Forest district Area (ha) Area (ha) Percentage of potential Area (ha) Percentage of potential Kielder FD 108 0 0.0 0 0 North West England FD 0 0 0.0 0 0 North York Moors FD 225 6 0.0 20 9 Sherwood and Lincolnshire FD 4,733 108 0.8 527 11 West Midlands FD 1,527 46 0.4 298 20 Northamptonshire FD 32 0 0.0 0 0 East Anglia FD 18,595 662 2.6 3,436 18 Peninsular FD 0 0 0.0 0 0 Forest of Dean FD2 367 4 0.0 58 16 New Forest FD1 (Dorset) 2,711 68 0.2 1,103 41 South East England FD 1,135 23 0.1 279 25 Total 29,433 917 0.4 5,721 19 1 The New Forest forest district includes land managed by the Forestry Commission in Dorset. The table does not include the SSSI/SPA/SAC designated land managed by the Forestry Commission in the New Forest national park. 2 The figures for the Forest of Dean forest district include land in Gloucestershire and the surrounding counties managed by the Forestry Commission. It does not include the area of the Forest of Dean’s statutory inclosures.