Grants available

 

The Better Woodlands for Wales (BWW) scheme currently offers the following incentives: 

• Management Plan Preparation Grant
  Provides help towards the cost of using a Management Planner to prepare a foundation report and Management Plan as part of your BWW application.
  
  
• Woodland Establishment Grants
  Grants for creating new woodlands. Rates vary for new native woodlands, planting quality mixtures, simple mixtures and standard crops. Additional grants are available for creating new woodlands in habitat network areas. There are also additional grants for fencing, pest management and the cost of opening new woodlands to the public
  
  
• Replanting Grants
  Available for the replanting of standard crops, mixtures and native woodlands.  Higher rates are available for restocking as part of the maintenance of Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS).
  
  
• Woodland Improvement Grant - Silvicultural / Environmental
  Grants to help bringing woodland back into management and to enhance the conservation value of woodland.
  
  
• Woodland Improvement Grant - Social 
  Grants available to provide beneficial recreational and educational facilities and to help with general amenity work.
  

Use the left-hand links to find more detailed information on each grant type.

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