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Forestry Grant Scheme Potential for Woodfuel Support Perth & Argyll Conservancy

Forestry Grant Scheme Potential for Woodfuel Support Perth & Argyll Conservancy. Syd House Conservator Argyll Woodfuel Forum Cairnbaan 17 March 2015. Purpose. To give a short introduction on the new Forestry Grant Scheme Outline potential opportunities for support for the Woodfuel sector.

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Forestry Grant Scheme Potential for Woodfuel Support Perth & Argyll Conservancy

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  1. Forestry Grant SchemePotential for Woodfuel Support Perth & Argyll Conservancy Syd House Conservator Argyll Woodfuel Forum Cairnbaan 17 March 2015

  2. Purpose • To give a short introduction on the new Forestry Grant Scheme • Outline potential opportunities for support for the Woodfuel sector

  3. Background • Lessons learned from SRDP 2007-13 • Transition from SRDP I • Development of SRDP 2014-20 • Discrete Forestry Grant Scheme • Approval by European Commission • Programme submitted in June 2014 • Approval expected by June 2015 • Open for applications from 30 March 2015 • FGS contract approval from September 2015

  4. Forestry Grant Scheme £260M FGS Seminar

  5. SRDP Forestry Budget • SRDP 2014-20- £1.35bn • Forestry- 3rd largest element • £260m – Forestry Grant Scheme • 55% funded by EC – 45% SG • Over £37m per year • £9m headroom in 2015/16 • £26m headroom in 2016/17 (provisional) • Competitive application process • Scoring and budget management • Monthly clearing process FGS Seminar

  6. FGS Overview • Targeted support • For woodland owners, farmers, forestry businesses and other landowners • Key aims • Creation of new woodlands • Sustainable management of existing woodlands • Eligibility • Registered on Rural Payments and Services • Management plan / Operational Plan for WC • Applications • On-line from 30 March 2015 • Contracts from September 2015 FGS Seminar

  7. FGS Overview • Discrete scheme within SRDP • Evolution from Rural priorities • 8 FGS Grant Categories • 31 options in total • 2 Grant Categories for creating new woodlands • Woodland creation - 9 Options • Agroforestry - 2 Options (new 2016) • 7 Categories for existing woodlands • Only Woodland creation available to date FGS Seminar

  8. FGS Overview - SMF • Sustainable Management of Forests – 9 Options • Annual management grant for 5 years • Significant changes to options and basis for support FGS Seminar

  9. FGS Overview - WIG • Woodland Improvement Grants – 5 Options • Capital grants for investments in woodland • Similarities to options under RP • But some new options and new basis for support FGS Seminar

  10. FGS Overview – New • Tree Health – 3 options • Agents services • Sanitation felling/tree removal • Replanting • Forest Infrastructure – (new 2016) • Forest roads and lay byes • Harvesting and Processing – (new 2016) • Small scale timber harvesting & processing • Adding value to timber locally • Co-operation – (new 2016) • Feasibility studies • Co-ordinating landscape scale/ multiple owner projects FGS Seminar

  11. Harvesting and Processing • supports investments in new specialised equipment which will increase the local small-scale harvesting and processing capacity • support based on actual costs with a maximum contribution of 40 per cent. In any single application, the minimum grant award will be £2,500 and the maximum will be £35,000. NB purchase only ie no hire purchase • One application round pa due by 31 Jan. 1st round deadline will be 31 Jan 2016. Approval by 31 March FGS Seminar

  12. Examples of what might qualify for grant aid are: • equipment re small-scale mechanised harvesting operations in small woodlands e.g. small-scale thinnings harvesters, small-scale forwarders, forestry grabs and purpose-built forestry trailers. equipment to facilitate local timber primary processing at a non-industrial scale (excluding wood chipping) • non-industrial scale processing equipment, e.g. firewood log processors, small-scale mobile or static saw benches for primary processing of felled trees, hand-held timber strength graders and timber drying kilns • work to promote development of markets (including cooperative marketing) for the products from these woodlands generated from the small-scale primary processing FGS Seminar

  13. Various eligibility criteria • Registered for SRDP • Small-scale (ie <10k tones pa) • private and / or other forest owners • forestry contractors and / or co-operatives • small (non-industrial) scale wood processors • fully constituted community groups • social enterprises • non-profit organisations • Supporting business info (Business Plan, trading & accounts info etc) https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/topics/all-schemes/forestry-grant-scheme/harvesting-and-processing/ FGS Seminar

  14. Other Developments • Lessons learnt from SRDP I • Planned improvements • Overall SRDP structure and rules • Forestry grant scheme • IT systems • FCS/RPID role administering FGS • FCS business processes eg consultation/ forest plans

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