The pilot of our biosecure procurement requirement means that applicants eligible for funding under the EWCO and the Future Farming Tree Health Pilot, need to source their trees from suppliers who are either certified under the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme (or have applied to become certified) or who have passed a Ready to Plant assessment provided by Fera Science Ltd. Full eligibility criteriaįor full eligibility criteria, see the England Wood Creation Offer grant manual EWCO grant manual ( PDF, 758 KB, 57 pages) Implementing the Biosecure Procurement Requirement Pilot The threshold score is currently ten points. We will offer Agreements to applicants with woodland creation proposals whose scores meet or exceed a threshold score. not currently within an existing grant agreement that has more than five months left to run at the time the EWCO application is submitted (if the land or part of it is in an Environmental Stewardship agreement it may be possible to transfer the land into EWCO as long as certain conditions are met)ĮWCO is a criteria-based competitive scheme.not subject to a dispute between landlords and tenants.not subject to any existing legal requirement or obligation to create woodland.within the full management control of the applicant (or, where applicable, any counter-signatories).Joint applications, multiple land managers and applications on common land and areas of shared grazing are eligible. You will then need to claim again for payments in years six to ten.ĮWCO is open to owner occupiers, tenants, landlords and licensors who have full management control of the land in the application (if you don’t have full management control you will need consent from those who do). The first five years of annual maintenance payments will be paid automatically. Once your agreement is approved and you have completed the work, claim for your payment. Always check this page to make sure you are working to the latest guidance and application forms. Make an application using the guidance on our forms page. We recommend you start this process as soon as possible. You will also need to register your land before we can offer you a grant agreement. You must register with Rural Payments to get Single Business Identifier (SBI) and Customer Reference Number (CRN) before you can apply. To apply for a grant under EWCO you will need to follow these steps:įind out if you are eligible by talking to your Woodland Creation Officer and decide if you want to apply for a Woodland Creation Planning Grant to help you design your new woodland.
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