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Guidance: England Woodland Creation Offer 2024 rate uplifts: operations note 67

Forestry Commission

March 19
11:43 2024

On 18 March 2024 the Forestry Commission announced new payments and increased rates for existing payments forEWCOas follows:

  • low sensitivity land payment: a new payment to encourageEWCOapplications on low sensitivity land for woodland creation, paid at 1,100 per hectare
  • Nature Recovery premium: a new payment option added to the Nature Recovery Additional Contribution (AC), to encourage the creation of highly biodiverse woodlands next to ancient woodlands, paid at 3,300 per hectare
  • increased rates for existingACs: the rates of allACshave been increased, except for the High and Low Nature RecoveryACs
  • increased rate for maintenance payments: rising to 400 per hectare per year (previously 350 per hectare per year)
Published 18 March 2024
Last updated 19 March 2024 +show all updates
  1. Added details as the new spatial targeting layer, EWCO Nature Recovery Priority Habitat Network, has been added to the mapping browser.

  2. First published.

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