Last year, the Department issued a total of 4,050 forestry licences for afforestation, felling and roads, which was a 56% increase on 2020. A detailed licencing plan for 2022 has been published and is available at gov.ie - Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 (www.gov.ie). There is an overall target to issue 5,250 licences this year and main targets as follows:
- A higher priority will be given to afforestation licences for 2022 with a planned 107% increase in output up to 1,040.
- There will be a year-on-year increase of 48% of private felling, roads and afforestation files. Coillte felling licences will maintain the levels they achieved in 2021.
The number of private forestry licences issued 2019 – 2021 for County Wexford are shown below.
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|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
Afforestation
|
12
|
11
|
10
|
Forest Roads
|
10
|
4
|
9
|
Tree Felling
|
25
|
30
|
21
|
The number of applications awaiting decision are in the following table.
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|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
Afforestation
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
Forest Roads
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
Tree Felling
|
13
|
25
|
29
|