Free advice for woodland creation

How Norfolk FWAG will help support your woodland creation

Norfolk FWAG are able to offer free advice and support to land owners for woodland creation, thanks to financial support from Norfolk County Council via the DEFRA Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund (WCAF).

This support will cover all of the costs of getting advice for developing an application to any national and local woodland creation schemes, including the Forestry Commission's England Woodland Creation Offer and the Woodland Trust's MOREwoods scheme. More details of these are below.

Other tree planting schemes are available occasionally from other sources, such as local authorities.

This support is helping Norfolk to plant 1 million trees by 2025.

If you have ideas for planting trees on your land, please get in touch:

Email advice@norfolkfwag.co.uk
Phone 01603 814869

England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) from the Forestry Commission

Receive up to £10,200 per hectare, plus up to a further £12,700 in additional contributions for public benefits, to support your woodland creation scheme
Norfolk FWAG provide free advice and fill out applications forms for landowners
Annual maintenance payments of £400 per hectare for 15 years
1,100-1,600 trees per hectare (broadleaves) or 1,100-2,500 per hectare (conifers)
1 hectare minimum planting area

MOREwoods from the Woodland Trust

Up to 75% of capital costs
Free woodland design and planning
All plants and materials supplied by the Woodland Trust direct to your land
Minimum 500 trees or 0.5 hectare planting area
No ongoing payments
Simple application process