Forestry Grant Schemes 2014 - 2020
- Forestry Grant Schemes Information booklet
- Forestry Grant Schemes Information leaflet
- Forestry Grants Questions and Answers
- State Aid booklet
Forest Expansion Scheme
The Forest Expansion Scheme for new woodland planting of 5 hectares and larger for the next planting season (2019/20) opens on 10 July 2019. Applications for the Forest Expansion Scheme must be submitted to Forest Service by 12.00pm on Monday 30 September 2019.
Forest Protection Scheme - Chalara Ash Dieback
- Forest Management Plan - Forest Protection Scheme (application form)
- Support and Advice on Chalara Affected Woodland 2019
Woodland Investment Grant
Agri-environment
Legacy schemes (closed to new applicants)
- Sustainable forest operation grant scheme (SFOG)
- Farm woodland premium scheme (FWPS)
- Short rotation coppice scheme (SRC)
- Community woodland supplement (CWS)
- Woodland grant scheme (WGS)
- Restocking grant
- Woodland environment grant (WEG)
- Forestry challenge scheme
More useful links
- Link to Press Release - McIlveen announces opening of next phase of the Forest Expansion Scheme
- Controls to avoid damage to environmental and cultural features
- Forest service penalty scheme
- Indicative map for woodland creation
- List of timber buyers in Northern Ireland
- List of Forest Service contractors suppliers for Northern Ireland