Category: Forestry & Woodlands

Agriculture, Farmland Market, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

Application window closing 1st June – Forestry England woodland creation scheme

Information taken from the Forestry England website The Forestry England Woodland Partnership is a leasehold scheme creating new woodlands across England in partnership withprivate and public landowners. Supporting government plans for woodland creation and nature recovery, the partnership offers a commercial rent to landowners, with Forestry England responsible for designing, planting and managing every woodland. If you’re a new or established landowner, a farmer, a … Continue reading Application window closing 1st June – Forestry England woodland creation scheme

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Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

Woodland Creation Planning Grant NOW OPEN

All information below taken directly from the .gov site, which you can access by clicking here. There’s quite a lot of detail to this one, so the following is a brief summary of some of the points. Landowners, land managers and public bodies (other than Forestry England) can apply to the Forestry Commission to support the design of new woodland under the Woodland Creation Planning … Continue reading Woodland Creation Planning Grant NOW OPEN

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Agriculture, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

Woodland management plan grant: Countryside Stewardship NOW OPEN

The Woodland Management Plan grant is part of Countryside Stewardship. It’s a capital grant for farmers and land managers to produce a woodland management plan. Applications are open today, 15th October 2020. The Woodland Management Plan grant is part of Countryside Stewardship. It’s a capital grant under which you can apply for a one-off payment to create a 10 year woodland management plan. Your woodland … Continue reading Woodland management plan grant: Countryside Stewardship NOW OPEN

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Agriculture, Farming, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

Government launches new scheme to boost tree-planting – Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme

Well, what a week on the blog, 2 posts in a week and both about grant funding! If you haven’t read about the new Growth Programme also launched this week then click here to have a look at that! Today’s post is about more grant funding! The government today have launched a £50 million scheme to help boost tree-planting rates in the fight against climate change. … Continue reading Government launches new scheme to boost tree-planting – Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme

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Forestry & Woodlands, Uncategorized

New Guidance on Ash Die Back

The Forestry Commission has published new guidance on Ash Die Back, they have published ‘Managing ash in woodlands in light of ash dieback: operations note 46’. The summary note details how to manage ash in woodlands including: context background practical advice breeding H. fraxineus-tolerant ash chemical control methods increasing resilience of woodlands You can read all the info in full here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-ash-in-woodlands-in-light-of-ash-dieback-operations-note-46 There is also a … Continue reading New Guidance on Ash Die Back

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Agriculture, Business, CAP Reform, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

Grant Funding Update: What rural grants are out there?

The new regime is now in full swing and I thought you might like to know about the new grant schemes and a brief note about what they are and what sort of funding is available… England The Growth Programme – Administered by individual LEPs. The key aim is growth and job creation.  Applicants must be rurally based and funds must be directed towards key … Continue reading Grant Funding Update: What rural grants are out there?

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Accountancy, CAP Reform, Forestry & Woodlands

Info on Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations & ploughing up pasture

This is something that people often ask me about, usually when they want to plough up pasture. I received the Farming Advice Service newsletter recently (if you aren’t signed up for it, I would recommend, read the full newsletter here: http://farming-advice-service.org/DA4-3GNUS-229VM9RY25/cr.aspx) and it had an article with info about EIA and I thought what a good subject it was. Some of the info below has … Continue reading Info on Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations & ploughing up pasture

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CAP Reform, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

New Countryside Stewardship: APPLICATION WINDOW NOW OPEN!

Yesterday I updated last week’s blog about Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier expression of interest (the deadline for which has just been extended to 15th July 2015, so there’s still time to get the form in if you want to!). The application window has now opened and there is more information about on Countryside Stewardship as Defra has published a lot of information. What is the aim of Countryside Stewardship? … Continue reading New Countryside Stewardship: APPLICATION WINDOW NOW OPEN!

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Agriculture, CAP Reform, Farming, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies

Info about the new environmental scheme and grants under #CAPreform

We have now had an info booklet released on the new environmental schemes… you can read it in full here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406212/CAPLF005v10_WEB.pdf As with all of these booklets- some of the info can be changed- so just as a warning that the info below may still change! How is it funded? So, this funding falls under The Rural Development Programme for England 2014–2020 (RDPE). The RDPE … Continue reading Info about the new environmental scheme and grants under #CAPreform

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Agriculture, Business, CAP Reform, Farming, Forestry & Woodlands, Grants and subsidies, Updates

Grant Funding Update- including third round of #FFIS info!

This week it has been announced that a third round of the FFIS will be open from 4th Feb and Catchment Sensitive Farming grant scheme opens on 1st Feb, hooray! Given the interim period with CAP reform we are a bit light on funding schemes that are open at the moment, so by way of summary of what is and isn’t about at the moment, … Continue reading Grant Funding Update- including third round of #FFIS info!

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