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Prospectus 2007
 

The budget for grants in 2007 was  £1.7 million, allocated as follows:

Funds already committed

WGS£417,000
EWGS£213,000
Total value of funds already committed£630,000

Funds available for new applications

Woodland Creation Grant£600,000
Woodland Assessment Grant£10,000
Woodland Planning Grant£30,000
Woodland Management Grant£50,000
Woodland Regeneration Grant£145,000

Woodland Improvement Grant SSSI

£80,000

Woodland Improvement Grant Biodiversity

£75,000
Woodland Improvement Grant Red Squirrels£25,000

Woodland Improvement Grant Access

£55,000
  
Total budget available for new applications£1,070,000
  
Total grant budget for the region£1,700,000

Regional budgets may be revised in light of actual demand and in taking account of our national targets. We cannot therefore guarantee to spend all of each allocated regional grant budget.

The Woodland Creation Grant in North West England has a fast track score of 16 and above as measured on our regional scoring form  (pdf 452 kb).

Woodland Regeneration Grant

We have been successful in obtaining an additional £30,000 of WRG funding for the 08/09 Claim Year. The funding will be limited to applications that seek to change Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) to Native Species. The change from either conifer or broadleaved plantations are eligible on this occasion. The deadline for applications is 29th February 2008, subject to funds still being available. As with WRG it is available on a first come – first served basis.

Woodland Improvement Grant

The unallocated £130,000 from WCG has been reallocated to WIG and we have topped up:

  • WIG Access by £70,000

Please  remember that WIG applications are ltd to £7,000 of grant per scheme.

  • WIG Bio by £50,000

The Woodland Improvement Grant target area map (pdf 1.87mb) gives an indication of the eligible geograhical area for this grant. However, please run a Land Information Search (LIS) check to see if you qualify.

For details of grant budget and allocations for all in England, go to Prospectuses and Grant Availability on England EWGS pages.

For details of grants that are currently open for applications, go to Regional Grant Availability.



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