Landowners in Carlton and Little Carlton, Nottinghamshire, can apply for funding that can cover up to 100% of the capital costs to create new woodlands on their land. The Greenwood Community Forest has opened its Year 6 Trees for Climate grants in January 2026, offering local farmers and residents financial support to plant and maintain trees.
The programme pays for trees, guards and fencing required to start a woodland and provides up to 15 years of maintenance payments. The initiative is funded by the government through Defra’s Nature for Climate Fund and is being delivered locally by the Greenwood Community Forest initiative, which is hosted by Nottinghamshire County Council in partnership with the Community Forest Trust.
Local officers will visit properties to design new woods free of charge and help landowners with the grant paperwork. The new woodlands are intended to support natural flood management in the Trent Valley catchment, a priority identified in Nottinghamshire’s Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.
Councillor James Gamble, Greenwood Community Forest Champion, said the grants help landowners turn less productive land into woods that provide benefits for the whole community. Successful local examples already exist at sites such as Debdale Hill Wood in Little Carlton, which was purchased and planted using Trees for Climate funding.
Landowners interested in the project can submit an expression of interest to begin the process. Applications opened in January 2026 for the final planting window of the 2025/26 season and to prepare for 2026/27; grants will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
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