Woodland Regeneration Grant

Purpose

One of the greatest opportunities to change a woodland is when felled areas are regenerated, whether by planting or by natural seeding.  This can improve the woodland's delivery of benefits to the public and its capacity for sustainable management.  Woodland Regeneration Grant (WRG) contributes to the costs of making changes to the composition of woodland within the normal cycle of felling and woodland regeneration.

Aims

The objective of Woodland Regeneration Grant is to support desirable change and an increase in a woodland’s capacity for sustainable management, arising from timely felling and appropriate regeneration.

Eligibility

• We must approve the application before you start any work
• You must carry out any felling or pre-clearance of the woodland area in accordance with the Felling Regulations and the good practices set out in the UK Forestry Standard and associated guidelines
• The area of broadleaved woodland must not be diminished as a result of felling and replacing of the woodland areas.

Situations not eligible for WRG

We may not offer WRG for areas:

• That have been felled illegally.
• Where tree removal has been undertaken in an unsustainable or insensitive way i.e. the work is incompatible with either the status of the site or features on it.
• Where conifers or exotic shrub species have been included despite being expressly excluded by the grant requirements.

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