The second round of the Landscape Recovery is now open for applications with funding of up to £750,000 for an individual project available. The fund will offer up to 25 of the highest scoring projects a place on the scheme. Applications close at midday on 21 September 2023.
Landscape Recovery 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.
Bids will be assessed against set criteria focused on the project’s potential environmental and social impact, feasibility, costs, and consideration of food production.
Preparing your application
The guidance and link to apply for the second round of Landscape Recovery can be found on GOV.UK.
It includes information about criteria and scoring plus feedback on the previous round, which might help you with ideas for your application.
You will be asked to submit your application on a site called Atamis. You can ask questions there. Defra will publish both the questions and answers so that everyone has access to the same information. The link to Atamis is in the guidance.
You can book onto upcoming webinars to find out more information on the second round of Landscape Recovery. The webinars will be recorded so you can watch them later if you cannot make the webinar dates below.
- Thursday 15 June 10:00am – 11:30 am
- Topic: applicant guidance and eligibility in detail
- Tuesday 8 August 10:00am – 11:00am
- Topic: Atamis and the process to apply
You can find all the key information and links to the guidance and policy paper in the Defra Farming Blog post here.
