(With thanks to Lochlan Dulson from Cumbria Woodlands)
The minimum eligibility for woodland management grants is set to decrease from 3ha to 0.5ha. Currently woodland between 3ha and 10ha receives a lump sum payment of £1,000 per year, this looks likely to be extended to woodlands as small as 0.5ha.
For more information on how this could affect you, contact Cumbria Woodlands:
By email: info@cumbriawoodland.co.uk or phone: 07960 085 795. A longer article and spreadsheet to help calculate payments is below: