Woodland Grant Scheme
Are you looking to create Woodlands?
- Nidderdale AONB would like to hear from
you
The Nidderdale AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
Team are interested in hearing from landowners in
Nidderdale who are looking to create or restore native broadleaf
woodlands.
With the primary objective of creating areas of new native
woodland in particular upland mixed ash woodland, upland oak
woodland and wet woodland - the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
has been successful in bidding for funds from the SITA Trust
(Landfill Tax). A total of £150,000 is available for planting
a minimum of 75 hectares of new native woodland in the Nidderdale
AONB and surrounding areas.
Sites must be within 10 miles of a landfill site; must support
Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) objectives; must complement moorland
Special Area of Conservation (SAC) objectives (gill woodland) and
must support other local and regional strategies for woodland
creation.
Marian Wilby, The AONB's Farm Conservation Advisor, said:
"Trees and woodland form a very important part of the Nidderdale
AONB landscape. A number of people have taken advantage of previous
woodland creation schemes, which have proved very
successful."
The process of woodland creation starts each spring when
applicants with possible sites that have the potential to be
planted up as woodland contact the AONB. Sites
are assessed and planned and then are hopefully ready for the
tree-planting season which runs from November to
March.
If you would like more information about woodland
planting and/or if you have land you feel might be suitable for
such projects, please contact Marian Wilby on 01423
712950, or email marian.wilby@harrogate.gov.uk
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Notes for Editors
Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
(AONB) is one of Britain's finest landscapes. It
covers 233 square miles (603 km2) of North Yorkshire.
The central feature of the AONB is the long majestic dale of the
Nidd, running from the wild fells around Great Whernside, south and
east towards the Vale of York.
Nidderdale has extensive woodland, including commercial
plantations and ancient broadleaved woods with a network of
species-rich hedgerows on the eastern edge of the AONB.
Over 7% of Nidderdale AONB is covered by woodland - 33% of
this being broadleaved, occurring in larger
estate-managed plantations and in small, relatively isolated stands
on farms. These small, broadleaved woods have a very high landscape
value.
Woodland is an integral feature of the AONB's
many historic parks and gardens where it
forms extensive stands as a backdrop to buildings, and
either as small groups or individual trees in
parkland. Veteran trees occur in several historic
parklands in the AONB, including Studley Royal.
Nidderdale was designated as An Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty by the Government in 1994.
The AONB designation aims to:
·
conserve and enhance the natural beauty
·
encourage social and economic development that contributes to
the natural beauty of the AONB
·
improve the management of recreation and tourism
Responsibility for managing the AONB rests with
the AONB's Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) and the AONB Team based
in Pateley Bridge. The JAC has a maximum membership of 28 including
12 Local Authority representatives. Their role is to advise local
authorities and other agencies about how to best achieve AONB
objectives. The AONB Team run various projects that conserve the
AONB landscape and its wildlife and improve the management of
recreation and tourism. The work of the Team is managed through the
JAC.
On a day-to-day basis, management of the AONB's landscape is
carried out by farmers and other landowners, individual
householders and many others. Everyone who works in, lives in or
visits the Nidderdale AONB has a part to play in looking after this
nationally important landscape.
For further information and images, contact:
Nidderdale AONB, Council Offices, King Street, Pateley Bridge
HG3 5LE; Tel: 01423 712950; Email: nidderdaleaonb@harrogate.gov.uk