Tree Health Pilot

The Tree Health Pilot helps tree owners and managers in England deal with pests and diseases affecting their trees. You can get between £500 and £500,000 to fund tree health measures. The money can pay for felling diseased trees, buying new trees to replant, maintaining newly planted trees, and biosecurity items. It also covers infrastructure improvements needed for tree health work. This pilot scheme builds on existing Countryside Stewardship support. It covers trees in woodlands and trees outside woodlands. Applications close on 1 April 2029. Full eligibility details are available in the guidance on GOV.UK.

This grant is for people who own or manage trees in England, whether in woodlands or outside woodlands. You need to be dealing with tree health issues like pests or diseases. Full eligibility criteria are set out in the government guidance.

The Tree Health Pilot (THP) scheme is testing different ways of slowing the spread of pests and diseases affecting trees in England. It expands on support available through the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Tree Health grant. The THP supports owners and managers of trees in woodland or trees outside woodland to deal with tree health issues. Funding from the pilot can go towards a range of measures including: felling and treating diseased or infested trees and necessary infrastructure improvements; restocking with new trees and capital items to assist this; maintenance of newly planted trees biosecurity items. he Tree Health Pilot guidance on GOV.UK sets out the aims of the pilot in detail including eligibility and application details.

Check the Tree Health Pilot guidance on GOV.UK for full application details and eligibility requirements. The guidance sets out how to apply and what you need to include.