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Woodland Grant Schemes (WGS)

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Woodland Grant Schemes (WGS)

The English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) provides grant support payments for landowners wanting to create new woodland and carry out sustainable woodland management on existing woodlands. The main objectives of the EWGS are the creation and sustainable management of woodlands to deliver environmental improvements such as biodiversity and climate change mitigation and social benefits such as public access and recreation.

EWGS offers six grants for the creation and stewardship of woodlands and is operated by the Forestry Commission:

  • Woodland Planning Grant (WPG) - To support the preparation of Woodland Management Plans.
  • Woodland Assessment Grant (WAG) - To support information gathering that management decisions.
  • Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) - Capital projects in woodlands such as access tracks, uneconomic thinning, coppicing, rhododendron clearance and public access facilities.
  • Woodland Regeneration Grant (WRG) - Re-establish trees after thinning.
  • Woodland Management Grant (WMG) - To support the basic management activities that underpin woodland sustainability.
  • Woodland Creation Grant (WCG) - To support the creation of properly designed and well located woodlands.

Other EWGS grants - There are special grants operating in specific target areas to reflect regional priorities.

Contact CMS UK today on 01270 522 645 to find out more information on the English Woodland Grants schemes available. CMS UK also provides a Welsh Woodland Grant Scheme service.

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"The English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) provides grant support payments for landowners wanting to create new woodland and carry out sustainable woodland management on existing woodlands. The main objectives of the EWGS are the creation and sustainable management of woodlands to deliver environmental improvements such as biodiversity and climate change mitigation and social benefits such as public access and recreation"