Tree Planting
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Tree Action Plan will support the restoration of ancient woodland, particularly on smaller plantations on ancient woodland sites and harder to restore sites.
Answered by Mary Creagh
The Government will continue to support the restoration of ancient woodland. Woodlands as small as 0.5ha are now eligible for the Countryside Stewardship supplements “Manage and restore Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWs)” and “Manage native woodland including Ancient Semi-Natural Woodlands”, ensuring support is available to landowners and managers of smaller ancient woodlands.
In 2025, we also updated our Countryside Stewardship offer by simplifying our baseline Woodland Improvement grant.
These steps will help to bring more of our smaller ancient woodlands into restoration and management.
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