Farm Grants: Woodland grants stifled by 'approval process'

Savills senior woodland consultant Luke Hemmings said there were many landowners who were keen to increase their carbon storage and habitat potential of their land, but the ‘approval process' for planting new woodland was an issue

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Farm Grants: Woodland grants stifled by 'approval process'

The Government has offered strong financial incentives for woodland creation, so the barrier to uptake cannot be from a purely economic point of view, according to Savills senior woodland consultant Luke...

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