Applications are now open for the second round of Landscape Recovery, which funds long-term, large-scale, bespoke projects designed to enhance the natural environment and deliver significant environmental benefits.
The second round of Landscape Recovery will focus on projects in which farmers and landowners come together across at least 500 hectares to target net zero, protected sites and habitat creation. This could include landscape-scale projects creating and enhancing woodland, peatland, nature reserves and protected sites such as ancient woodlands, wetlands and salt marshes, alongside the sustainable production of food.
Preparing your application
Guidance and a link to apply for the second round of landscape recovery can be viewed here which includes information about criteria and scoring plus feedback on the previous round.
Defra will also be providing more information in two upcoming webinars.
Assessing applications
As with the first round of Landscape Recovery, Defra will run a competitive process to select the best projects. All bids will be assessed and scored using the assessment criteria set out in the scheme guidance.
Eligibility
Landscape Recovery is open to any individuals or groups who want to come together to deliver large-scale, long-term projects across a broadly connected area of more than 500 hectares. It is recognised that habitats and land ownership in England can be fragmented, so it’s fine for project areas to have some gaps.
Any individuals or groups of farmers or land managers who think they can deliver the ambitious impact sought through the scheme will be able to submit bids for development funding. All land types are eligible, including land inside or outside protected areas, as well as common land.
Read more here: Landscape Recovery: apply for the second round – Farming (blog.gov.uk) and Landscape Recovery: round two – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
