Guidance

Tree health pilot scheme 2024

Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme 2024, if you’re eligible and how to apply.

From:
Forestry Commission and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
16 February 2024
Last updated
18 March 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Tree health pilot scheme 2024: who can apply and what land is eligible

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Grants for larch, spruce and sweet chestnut

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Grants for ash with ash dieback

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Grants for oak with oak processionary moth (OPM)

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Statutory Plant Health Notice (SPHN) advice package

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Grants for restocking trees

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How to apply for the tree health pilot scheme 2024

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Biosecurity protocol and capital items

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Details

The tree health pilot (THP) scheme is testing different ways of slowing the spread of pests and diseases affecting trees in England.

It expands on support available through the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Tree Health grant.

There are grants available for:

  • larch trees with Phytophthora ramorum
  • spruce trees affected by Ips typographus
  • sweet chestnut trees with Phytophthora ramorum or sweet chestnut blight
  • oak trees with oak processionary moth (OPM)
  • ash trees with ash dieback

Read the documents to check what the grants cover and who’s eligible to apply.

The pilot will help develop the future funding policy for tree health schemes.

Application forms

Published 16 February 2024
Last updated 18 March 2024 + show all updates

  1. Grants for ash with ash dieback - payment rate has changed for trees in woodland: Maintenance (per year for 3 years) has changed from £350 to £400 per ha.

  2. First published.

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