Form

Woodland Carbon Guarantee Application Form

Use this form to apply for additional carbon funding for new woodlands under the Woodland Carbon Guarantee.

Applies to England

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Woodland Carbon Guarantee application form

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Details

The next Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction runs from 23 to 29 September 2024. The application deadline to participate in the auction is 11.59pm on Friday 6 September 2024.

You must not do any planting or other on-site establishment work, until you have received a conditional offer of a contract after competing in a Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction.

To apply for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee, you will first need to register your project with the Woodland Carbon Code and calculated how much carbon your project will sequester.

Application form

Please provide the following to complete this form:

  • part 1: basic requirements
  • part 2: applicant details
  • part 3: project details
  • part 4: Woodland Carbon Units

Parts 5, 6 and 7 explain the Forestry Commission’s obligations regarding:

  • how they process your application
  • data protection
  • release of information

Please send all completed application documents to wcag@forestrycommission.gov.uk.

If you can’t email your application to us, you can post it to:

Woodland Carbon Guarantee
Forestry Commission National Office
620 Bristol Business Park
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ

Published 4 November 2019
Last updated 10 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added a new application form and updated the auction and application dates .

  2. Page updated to notify customers that applications are open for the sixth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction are open.

  3. The updated Woodland Carbon Guarantee application form has been added to this page.

  4. First published.