For a privately owned estate
Environmental Stewardship application to enhance biodiversity
We helped secure a grant of £80,000 to enhance the biodiversity on our client’s estate.
A return to grazing
We successfully applied for an Environmental Stewardship application and English Woodland Grant Scheme application for our client’s estate. The scheme focussed on enhancing biodiversity – with a return to grazing, in order to restore the chalk grassland, parkland habitats, and the ancient field boundary hedgerows.
It also included a field corner for small mammals, and a pollen nectar-rich mix for invertebrates and pollinators.
Guiding all the way
To guide our client through the capital and management works, we created an implementation plan. This included an annual schedule, guidance and maps to ensure everything was done to the scheme’s precise specification – and that they’d be on time for claiming funds.
The agreement secured £80,000 for the estate over the 10 year period. The English Woodland Grant Scheme focused on bringing the woods back into positive management. This involved a grant to improve ride management, plant up boundaries, remove non-native species and coppice woodland edges to improve light levels.
