🌿 Woodland Restoration Scheme🌿
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
This window for Expression of Interest will open on 27 October 2025 and close at midnight on 20 February 2026.
💰 The budget available for this Expression of Interest (EOI) window is £1 Million.
In Wales many larch woodlands have been infected by the fungal pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Funding is now available to help restore and replant these areas — creating more resilient, diverse, and native woodlands for the future.
The Woodland Restoration Scheme (WRS) supports replanting of woodlands felled due to disease, with opportunities to diversify tree species and strengthen woodland ecosystems across Wales.
Successful applicants will need to produce a Forest Management Plan which complies with the UKFS before being processed to grant award stage.
🌲 Eligibility
To apply, you must:
• Be registered with the Welsh Government and have a Customer Reference Number (CRN)
• Have land registered on the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS)
• Own at least 0.25 hectares of eligible woodland in Wales
• Have full management control of the land (grazing licences are not eligible)
• Not have received insurance payments for tree loss due to Phytophthora ramorum
• Submit a Forest Management Plan that meets UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) requirements
🌳 Land Requirements
Eligible land must:
• Contain (or have contained) larch trees now felled under an SPHN or Felling Licence
• Not have been funded for felling or restocking from other sources
• Meet all relevant consents and approvals
• Be located in Wales, with field parcels of 0.1ha or greater
Example of capital works
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Basic Restocking - £3,600.00
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Native Broadleaved - £4,200.00
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Broadleaved - £4,200.00
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Felling - Young larch - Mechanised Equipment - £1,200.00
Example of ‘other capital works’
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Post and Wire fencing plus Stock Netting - £8.32 per m
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Softwood Gate - £291.75 each
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Scrub clearance-mechanical - £227 per ha
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Rhododendron/Laurel control > 2.5m - £7,461.13 per ha
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For more information or help with your application contact:
Kathryn Williams – 07971 583 638