Helping with Grants for Woodland Management
There are an incredible array of grants for woodland management available from the Government to help you create and maintain your woodland. Unfortunately gaining access to these funds can be deeply time-consuming and unsurprisingly requires a significant amount of detailed and accurate information.
Here at Wessex, our woodland grant application specialist can help with woodland creation grants. Not only do we help identify which grant would be most suitable for you, but we can also gather all the relevant information, complete and submit the application and maps on your behalf.
We liaise with the Forestry Commission and Natural England at every stage of the process, through approval to subsequent grant claim.
All money received via the grants is paid directly to you.
Creating a Woodland Management Plan
The Woodland Management Plan Grant
Funding to prepare a 10 year Woodland Management Plan approved by the Forestry Commission. An approved plan is now the first step towards Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier funding for managing your woodland. Woodland of 0.5 to 50ha gets a flat £1,500. Between 51 and 100ha it’s £1,500 plus £30/ha over 50ha, and over 100ha it’s £3,000 plus £15/ha over 100ha.
Request Further DetailsCreating New Woodland
English Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)
Funding to create new woodland through the supply of trees and protection materials. Minimum total area size of 1 ha. Available grant fund capped at £10,200/ha with ‘additional contribution’ payments on top. Tree=£1.72, Shelter £2.43 and deer fencing £10.27/m. As well as £400/ha for 15 years to help with the maintenance of the new woodland. There is also grant available to help with woodland creation planning with schemes over 5ha
Request Further DetailsCarbon Credit for New Woodland
The Woodland Carbon Code
The Woodland Carbon Code lets you sell the carbon captured by new woodland as verified carbon units. It’s a voluntary scheme rather than a grant, and it doesn’t stop you claiming Forestry Commission planting grants.
Returns vary depending on species, area and planned work, so each case needs to be calculated individually to give an estimate.
Request Further DetailsRestocking of Diseased Woodland
The Woodland Tree Health Grant
Funding towards the cost of replanting woodlands once diseased trees have been removed (typically Ash at the moment). Grant funds a tree in a shelter at £4.15 each.
Request Further DetailsImproving Woodland Biodiversity
The Woodland Improvement and Capital Items Grant.
Funding towards improving the biodiversity of your woodland. Baseline grant paid at £127/ha for 10 years with options of additional add on grants. Prescriptions include Coppicing, Thinning, Ride management with the addition of top up payments for deer and squirrel control (£165/ha). Additionally capital items can be funded under this grant such as deer high seats, fences and field gates
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