Tree planting advice

Do you want to plant trees? We can help you!

The Nidderdale National Landscape team can give free advice on woodland creation. We can help with planting the right tree in the right place and assist you in accessing tree planting grants; all to create a woodland that best meets your needs.  Please contact us on [email protected]if you are interested in planting trees on your land.

Why plant trees?

What grants are available?

Tree planting grants are available when planting 200 trees and over. They can cover up to 100% of planting costs and can be tailored depending on your site’s specific requirements, often including funding for new fencing, gates, buying and planting trees, tree protection. Larger schemes provide funds for 15 years of maintenance costs to ensure that your woodland gets off to the best start.

Where to plant

Due to the special character of Nidderdale National Landscape, not every part of the landscape is suitable for planting. A Woodland Opportunity Plan was created to help identify areas where tree planting could be the most beneficial. The plan also identifies sensitive areas in the national landscape that are not suitable for tree planting and should be avoided.

Using this mapping system, the woodland team can help advise you on if your land is suitable for tree planting and where the trees would provide the most benefits.

Next steps

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact us on [email protected] . In your email please include a map and grid reference of the proposed planting area. Following your initial enquiry, a member of the woodland creation team will be in touch to organise a free on-site visit to your land to discuss if there are any sites suitable for tree planting. We can then support you in:

–             locating suitable funding

–             selecting tree species to plant and where to supply them from.

–             finding contractors to deliver the tree planting.

–             creating a management plan for your current woodland

Any new tree planting will expand the White Rose Forest, part of the new Northern Forest.