Woodland grants and incentives overview
A list of Forestry Commission grants and incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health.
Applies to England
Documents
Details
You can also find woodland grants in the Countryside Stewardship grant finder.
Countryside Stewardship is jointly delivered by the Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Updates to this page
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Removed grants that are not currently accepting applications.
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Updated the table to reflect rate changes made to the England Woodland Creation Offer in March 2024 and updated information on the Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG). Amended table to reflect claiming delinked payments.
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Updated tree health pilot scheme information.
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Updated changes to maximum funding figures for WCPG, Woodland Management Plan (WMP) and Woodland Tree Health.
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Updated the Tree Health Pilot content to reflect that the grants will continue until transition into ELM ensuring there is no gap in support.
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Updated to reflect that the EWCO Capital Funding Period has been extended from 2 years to 3 years and the Annual Maintenance Payments extended from 10 to 15 years.
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Updates to the HS2 Woodland Fund included.
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Updates to the html table for the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) and Urban Tree Challenge (UTCF).
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Grant table updates
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Updated to include the England Woodland Creation Offer.
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Update to include the amalgamation of the Woodland Creation grant and Woodland Maintenance to form the Woodland Creation and Maintenance grant.
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First published.