Small Grants – Woodland Creation is a scheme aimed at farmers and other land managers to encourage planting of small areas of trees on land which is agriculturally improved or low environmental value in Wales.
Funding is available for tree planting to create shelter woods, alongside watercourses, and in field corners or small fields for stock shelter, biodiversity and wood fuel. Small Grant – Woodland Creation also offers 12 years of payments for Maintenance and Premium payment in respect of the new planting. The application process provides a way of ensuring planting proposals meet the UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) requirements without the need for verification of a woodland creation plan by NRW. Funding is available for planting areas between 0.1ha and 1.99ha.
This scheme offers support for planting on the low sensitivity area shown on the Woodland Opportunities Map (WOM) only. This excludes priority habitats as well as land above the upper limit of enclosure and common land due to potential landscape impact and other complexities. You should check that the areas you are proposing are on the low sensitivity area before going any further. If they are not you will be ineligible for the Small Grants – Woodland Creation scheme and will need to apply to the Woodland Creation Planning Scheme.
Further information and how to apply can be found in the two links below: