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Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: mikey9863 on August 21, 2013, 07:49:50 pm

Title: Grants
Post by: mikey9863 on August 21, 2013, 07:49:50 pm

Can anyone tell me where to looking for grant assistance to develop the small holding......anything to do with orchards,woodland, pastures and animals...... :excited:

Title: Re: Grants
Post by: henchard on August 21, 2013, 07:55:51 pm

For woodland


http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/planting-woodland/funding-and-planting-grants/Pages/default.aspx? (http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/planting-woodland/funding-and-planting-grants/Pages/default.aspx?)

Title: Re: Grants
Post by: mikey9863 on August 21, 2013, 07:59:31 pm

Quote from: henchard on August 21, 2013, 07:55:51 pm

For woodland


http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/planting-woodland/funding-and-planting-grants/Pages/default.aspx? (http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/planting-woodland/funding-and-planting-grants/Pages/default.aspx?)

Thank you

Title: Re: Grants
Post by: Bramblecot on August 23, 2013, 09:32:24 pm

Try your local district council, something along the lines of Countryside and Conservation Grants (that's what they are called here).  Good luck.

Title: Re: Grants
Post by: oor wullie on August 23, 2013, 11:07:20 pm

SRDP - or whatever the equivalent is in England - although there is a lot of paperwork involved.

Title: Re: Grants
Post by: Hamish Crofter on October 12, 2013, 01:22:23 am

If you can afford it engage an agricultural agent. They will charge a few hundred quid but will get you thousands in grants! He/ she will look at your land, tell you what you are eligible for and complete all the forms knowing just what to say. It's worth drafting a business plan outlying how you will develop your smallholding over the medium to long term and use it to support your grant applications. By doing so you will be streets ahead of others also applying.
You will be amazed at how much you can claim for and many people are put of by the paperwork.