- Today we announced £20 million of funding to improve tree planting stocks, woodland resilience and domestic timber production, and to accelerate tree planting across England.The £10 million has been awarded through the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds and the Tree Production Innovation Fund to support projects that explore new technologies and business models to improve tree planting stocks and woodland resilience.In addition, 57 local authorities have been awarded nearly £10 million to accelerate tree planting.These initiatives will see hundreds of thousands of trees planted in communities across England. They represent another step forward in the Government’s drive to treble tree planting rates across England by the end of this Parliament.The Local Authority Treescapes Fund and the Urban Tree Challenge Fund will reopen for new applications early in 2023.
Applicant
Total Grant £
Oxfordshire County Council
150,000
Lancashire County Council
300,000
Tees Valley Combined Authority
299,996
Nottinghamshire County Council
149,845
Kent County Council
299,642
West of England Combined Aut.
299,738
Rotherham Metropolitan BC
107,000
North Yorkshire County Council
150,000
City of York Council
149,800
Warwickshire County Council
150,000
City of Trees
299,880
Gateshead Council
147,886
Wakefield Metropolitan DC
147,921
Gloucestershire County Council
149,853
Lambeth Council
142,024
London Borough of Enfield
144,042
London Borough of Hillingdon
148,712
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
103,153
City of Bradford Metropolitan DC
150,000
Portsmouth City Council
147,116
Calderdale Borough Council
55,332
Devon County Council
298,476
Lincolnshire County Council
283,387
Doncaster Council
138,108
Shropshire Council
149,618
Hertfordshire County Council
148,500
Halton Borough Council
148,402
Knowsley Metropolitan BC
150,000
Newcastle City Council
290,000
Buckinghamshire Council
144,778
North Somerset Council
150,000
Kirklees Council
80,524
Worcestershire CC
149,708
North Lincolnshire Council
149,932
Surrey County Council
150,000
London Borough of Islington
146,411
Haringey Council
88,296
Somerset County Council
296,948
Sheffield City Council
147,520
Leicestershire County Council
149,577
London Borough of Barnett
100,000
Walsall Council
149,624
Cheshire West and Chester Council
144,520
Royal Borough of Greenwich
135,488
Wirral Council
85,274
Hampshire County Council
150,000
Norfolk County Council
148,225
Leeds City Council
125,176
Central Bedfordshire
140,028
Solihull MBC
149,215
Wiltshire Council
294,800
Bedford Borough Council
150,000
Cambridgeshire County Council
300,000
St Helens Council
149,000
North Northamptonshire
150,000
City of London Corporation
88,292
Peterborough City Council
149,809
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