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England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)

The England Woodland Creation Offer is a grant of £4,000 to £2,000,000 for landowners, land managers and public bodies planting new woodland in England. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Forestry Commission · funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) supports the establishment of new woodlands and is administered by the Forestry Commission.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

£4,000 to £2,000,000

Whole fund: £115,000,000, shared between applicants

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Who can apply

Landowners, land managers and public bodies can apply. The land must be entirely within England and under the applicant's management control for the full duration of the agreement. Woodland must be at least 1 hectare (made up of compartments no smaller than 0.1 hectare each) with a minimum width of 20 metres, except for riparian buffers and shelterbelts which can be 10 metres wide.

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Business size

Any size

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How to apply

Read the guidance on applying for EWCO and submit your application. Applications can take 3 to 5 months to process from receipt of a complete application. To secure an agreement offer in time for the next planting season, submit by 31 May.

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Where it is open: England-wide

England

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across England, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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