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England Woodland Creation Offer

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Published: 21/08/2024 By Lauren Davy

Following their landslide victory at last month’s general election, the Labour Party has confirmed that woodland remains firmly on its agenda. It has pledged to create three new National Forests and plant millions of trees.

The England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO), administered by the Forestry Commission, is one of several grants currently available to farmers and land managers interested in creating new woodlands.  

Five types of payment are available under EWCO:

  1.  Capital Payments – a maximum of £10,200/ha for the capital items and activities required to establish new woodland, including tree planting, shelters, fencing, gates, deer high seats and bracken control.
  2. Maintenance Payments – £400/ha/yr for 15 years to assist with the successful establishment and ongoing maintenance of the new woodland once capital works are complete.
  3. Infrastructure Payments – contributions towards the cost of installing infrastructure to support the current and future management of the woodland or to provide recreational access, such as tracks, roads, deer leaps, footpath gates and route way markers.
  4. Additional Contributions – a one-off payment up to a maximum of £11,600/ha where a woodland’s location and design will deliver public benefits. These include helping to restore nature and species, reducing flood risk, improving water quality, being close to settlements, provide recreational access and riparian buffers.
  5. Low sensitivity Land Payment – an additional £1,100/ha is available where a woodland’s location falls within a ‘low sensitivity area for woodland creation’.  
A number of our Rural Agents recently attended training hosted by the Forestry Commission and are therefore able to provide up-to-date advice on the grant and top tips for submitting a successful application. If you are considering creating or expanding your woodland, please contact

Lauren Davy Dorchester 01305 236237
Annabel Douglas Bridport 01308 422092
Jane Ruell Tiverton 01884 218911
Henry Bosworth Devizes 01380 710535



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