Woodland grants are currently being shifted around, and the latest round of changes affect your deadlines, dependent on where you are working. Being situated in Shropshire, the most applicable changes to our partners are:

  • England: If you wish to plant under the Woodland Creation Grant, your application and approval deadline will remain fixed at 31 December 2013. However, the planting deadline (and the start thereon of claiming Farm Woodland Payment) for this work has been extended to 30 September 2015.
  • Wales: Similarly, planting under Glastir Woodland Creation has a deadline of 31 December 2013. Initial applications for this however have a deadline of 2 September 2013.

If you want more advice on this please give us a call – that’s the easiest way to explain it!