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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for woodland grants her Department and the Forestry Commission has received during the current financial year in respect of woodlands in (a) the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and (b) Buckinghamshire; what the total sum applied for was; how many such applications, and to what aggregate value, have been approved; and if she will make a statement. [187258] Mr. Bradshaw: Between 1 April and 28 June the Forestry Commission received nine applications for a total of £19,000 on land within the Chilters AONB and 11 applications for a total of £22,000 on land within Buckinghamshire. The current status of these applications is given in the table below together with the value of those approved. a) Chilterns AONB _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Status Number Application withdrawn by applicant or rejected by the Forestry 1 Commission Awaiting information from the applicant in order to continue 1 processing Application currently being processed by the Forestry Commission 4 Grant offer made 1 Offer accepted by applicant 2 (Value of £1,600) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. b) Buckinghamshire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Status Number Application withdrawn by applicant or rejected by the Forestry 1 Commission Awaiting information from the applicant in order to continue 4 processing Application currently being processed by the Forestry Commission 2 Grant offer made 2 Offer accepted by applicant 2 (Value of £1,900) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition to the Woodland Grant Scheme, the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme administered by Defra and which makes annual payments to farmers in compensation for income forgone as a consequence of converting agricultural land to woodland is included with the one grant offer made in the Chilterns AONB area.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

187258; 424 c1584-5W;424 c1582-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Applications National landscapes Farms Grants Forestry Tree planting Buckinghamshire Woodland grant scheme Farm woodland premium scheme Chilterns

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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