Countryside Stewardship is jointly delivered by the Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Removed grants that are not currently accepting applications.
1 March 2024
Updated tree health pilot scheme information.
30 January 2024
Updated changes to maximum funding figures for WCPG, Woodland Management Plan (WMP) and Woodland Tree Health.
22 December 2023
Updated the Tree Health Pilot content to reflect that the grants will continue until transition into ELM ensuring there is no gap in support.
1 November 2023
Updated to reflect that the EWCO Capital Funding Period has been extended from 2 years to 3 years and the Annual Maintenance Payments extended from 10 to 15 years.
14 June 2023
Updates to the HS2 Woodland Fund included.
14 March 2023
Updates to the html table for the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) and Urban Tree Challenge (UTCF).
10 February 2022
Grant table updates
1 July 2021
Updated to include the England Woodland Creation Offer.
9 February 2021
Update to include the amalgamation of the Woodland Creation grant and Woodland Maintenance to form the Woodland Creation and Maintenance grant.