Tree Health Pilot
Forestry CommissionNorth West England, South East England +2£500 – £1.5m
Who can apply
General eligibility The THP scheme is open to people in certain regions of England who manage specific trees or woodlands infected by specific pests and diseases.To take part in the pilot scheme, the trees or woodlands you, or your group (if relevant), manage must have one or more of the following: larch trees with Phytophthora ramorum spruce with a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) for Ips typographus (eight-toothed spruce bark beetle) or that are growing in the proactive spruce removal area sweet chestnut trees with Phytophthora ramorum or sweet chestnut blight oak trees with oak processionary moth (OPM) in the established area ash trees with ash dieback The trees or woodlands must be in one of these regions of England (or include spruce with a SPHN for Ipstypographus): North West West Midlands South East London If you’re not sure which region your trees or woodlands are in, check the Area and Woodland Officer boundaries map or contact your area office .Each grant has specific eligibility requirements as outlined on GOV.UK here . General grant requirements Your grant application must have a minimum funding value of £500. Check your eligibility for each grant and the payment…
What it funds
Grant requirements for trees in woodland If you’re applying for trees in a woodland, the group of trees you’re applying for must: cover at least 0.5 hectares be at least 5 metres high, or will grow to this height have a crown cover of more than 20% of the ground area Grant requirements for trees outside woodland Trees outside of woodlands are any trees or small woods which cover an area of less than 0.5 hectares. For example, trees in hedgerows, along a road or in parks. Group grants for oak…
How to apply
To apply for the tree health pilot (THP) 2024 grants, follow the process in this guidance.However, if you want to apply for the tree health advice package, you’ll need to: read the tree health advice package guidance complete and submit the tree health advice package application form Expression of interest forms If you want to apply to the THP scheme as an individual or group, you’ll need to complete and submit an expression of interest form . This applies to: larch, spruce and sweet chestnut grants oak with oak processionary moth (OPM) grants ash with ash dieback grants grants for restocking trees Initial assessment and site visit A Forestry Commission representative will contact you within 3 weeks of receiving your expression of interest form by email. They’ll consider whether you’re eligible for the THP scheme. If you’re likely to qualify for a grant, they’ll arrange a pre-assessment…
Last checked against the official source: 24 Aug 2026. Scheme parameters are set by the funder and can change — verify before applying, or let us do it for you.
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