Trees, woodlands and forestry - Woodland Creation Planning Grant
Funding to plan new woodland creation through a two-stage design process.
This grant funds the planning and design work needed for a proposed new woodland. It supports a desk-based review of the site’s constraints and opportunities, followed where there is potential for woodland creation by a Woodland Creation Design Plan.
It is for landowners, land managers and public bodies other than Forestry England. Applicants can plan landscape-scale proposals across multiple lan…
Funds a desk-based exercise and a Woodland Creation Design Plan for new woodland creation. The proposal must take account of biodiversity, landscape, water, historic environment and local stakeholders. Stage 1 identifies site constraints and opportunities; stage 2 produces the design plan. Where a site is already under an existing grant agreement, the plan must cover the impact of tree planting on that agreement.
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