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Farming in Protected Landscapes programme is a grant from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that funds farmers and land managers in England's National Landscapes, National Parks, and the Broads to support and improve these protected areas. The program covers activities that benefit the natural environment, wildlife, heritage, and public access and recreation within designated protected landscapes.
Eligible applicants include farmers and land managers whose land falls within or adjacent to protected landscapes, with funding covering up to 100% of costs for non-commercial projects. The programme runs through March 2029 as part of Defra's Agricultural Transition Plan.
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Get funding for farming in protected landscapes - GOV.UK Get funding for farming in protected landscapes If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Get emails about this page The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme is a part of Defra’s Agricultural Transition Plan .
It will offer funding to farmers and land managers in National Landscapes (previously known as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONBs )), National Parks and the Broads. It is not an agri-environment scheme.
The programme will fund projects that: mitigate the impacts of climate change provide opportunities for people to discover, enjoy and understand the landscape and its cultural heritage protect or improve the quality and character of the landscape or place The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme has been developed by Defra with the support of National Landscape and National Park staff from across England.
This is a competitive programme which will run until March 2029. Applications will close sooner if all funding is allocated. The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme is open to all farmers and land managers within a National Landscape or National Park in England, or the Broads.
This includes farmers and land managers from the public, private and charity sector. The programme is also open to farmers and land managers on land outside of protected landscapes. To be eligible, the project must benefit the protected landscape or the protected landscape body’s objectives, or partnership initiatives.
Contact your local protected landscape body for advice about whether your land or project is eligible. manage all the land included in the application have control of all the activities you would like to do Or you must have written consent from all parties who manage and control the land. Other organisations and individuals can apply when collaborating with a farmer or land manager, or in support of a farmer or group of farmers.
Common land is eligible for this funding. You can apply as a landowner with sole rights or as a group of commoners acting together. Check your land is in a protected landscape Check if your land is within the boundaries of a protected landscape on the MAGIC mapping website.
What the programme will pay for The programme will pay for projects that provide value for money and result in at least one climate, nature, people or place outcome. Your project must also support the priorities of your protected landscape body’s management plan. Contact your local protected landscape team to discuss it with them.
Your project should deliver: more carbon being stored, sequestered or both a better understanding among farmers, land managers and the public as to what different habitats and land uses can deliver for carbon storage and reduced carbon emissions a landscape that’s more resilient to climate change Your project should deliver: a greater area of wildlife-rich habitat greater connectivity between habitats better management of existing habitats for biodiversity Your project should deliver: more opportunities for people to explore, enjoy and understand the landscape more opportunities for diverse audiences to explore, enjoy and understand the landscape greater public engagement in land management, for example through volunteering Your project should deliver: enhancing or reinforcing the quality and character of the landscape historic structures and features being conserved, enhanced or interpreted more effectively an increase in the resilience of nature-friendly sustainable farm businesses, which contributes to a more thriving local economy (you must deliver this along with other outcomes) The programme might fund projects: promoting connectivity between habitats replacing stiles with gates on public footpaths, for easier access conserving historic features on a farm, such as lime kilns or lead mining heritage that support a locally branded food initiative, promoting the links between the product and the landscape in which it is produced that take action to reduce carbon emissions on a farm gathering data and evidence to help inform conservation and farming practice How much funding you can get You could get up to 100% of the costs of a project if you will not make a commercial gain from it.
If you will benefit commercially from a project, then the programme will fund a proportion of the costs. The amount will depend on how much the project will benefit your business. The programme will work alongside, not in competition with, Defra’s existing and new schemes to add value where it’s most needed.
Your protected landscape team will tell you if a potential project can be rewarded through other schemes. You can still get funding through the programme if you are in an agri-environment scheme, as long as you’re not paid twice for the same work. If your project is the same as a Countryside Stewardship ( CS ) activity, you will be paid the same as the CS rate.
If your project is not the same as a CS activity, the protected landscape team will offer funding on the estimated costs. What you must maintain after the programme You will not need to maintain any natural, cultural and access activities you deliver as part of the programme after your agreement period ends. You must maintain capital infrastructure like fences, gates or restored buildings for 5 years from the completion date.
You must maintain machinery assets like brush harvesters for grassland restoration for 5 years from the purchase date. Before you apply, you should discuss your project with the protected landscape body . They might visit the location of your planned project to discuss your ideas.
You can get an application form from the protected landscape body where your project will take place. You can apply until March 2029. Applications will close sooner if all funding is allocated.
Your project must end by March 2029. How applications will be assessed Your application will be scored: 40% for project outcomes – climate, nature, people and place 20% for how sustainable the project is or the legacy it will leave 20% for how likely you are to carry out the project Applications for over £10,000 will be judged by a local assessment panel.
Typically, the local assessment panel will include representatives from: the relevant protected landscape body the farming and land management community We expect that the local assessment panel will meet to make decisions every 6 to 8 weeks. Applications for less than £10,000 will be scored by a senior member of the team who has not been involved with or given advice to the application.
Contact your local protected landscape body Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape Blackdown Hills National Landscape Cannock Chase National Landscape Chichester Harbour National Landscape Chilterns National Landscape Cornwall National Landscape Cotswolds National Landscape Cranborne Chase National Landscape Dedham Vale National Landscape Dorset National Landscape East Devon National Landscape Forest of Bowland National Landscape High Weald National Landscape Howardian Hills National Landscape Isle of Wight National Landscape Isles of Scilly National Landscape Kent Downs National Landscape Lake District National Park Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape Malvern Hills National Landscape Mendip Hills National Landscape Nidderdale National Landscape Norfolk Coast Protected Landscape North Devon Coast National Landscape North Pennines National Landscape North Wessex Downs National Landscape North York Moors National Park Northumberland National Park Northumberland Coast National Landscape Peak District National Park Quantock Hills National Landscape Shropshire Hills National Landscape Solway Coast National Landscape South Devon National Landscape South Downs National Park Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape Surrey Hills National Landscape Tamar Valley National Landscape National Landscapes Association Wye Valley National Landscapes Yorkshire Dales National Park Last updated 4 March 2026 data-module="ga4-event-tracker" data-ga4-event='{"event_name":"select_content","type":"content history","section":"Footer"}' data-ga4-expandable> + show all updates Updated links to Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) pages for Arnside and Silverdale, Cannock Chase, Chichester Harbour, Cotswolds, Cranborne Chase, Isle of Wight, Norfolk Coast, Northumberland Coast, Quantock Hills, Solway Coast, South Devon, Surrey Hills and Tamar Valley.
Project end date is now March 2029 The Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme is being extended. You can now apply until March 2026. Applications will close sooner if all funding is allocated.
Clarified programme application dates: You can apply until March 2025. Applications will close sooner if all funding is allocated. Updated references to areas of natural beauty (AONBs) to National Landscapes.
Under header for 'How applications will be assessed', changed £5,000 to £10,000 to reflect raised threshold for the value of project applications. Requested by SME. Updated date when Farming in Protected Landscapes programme runs until, from 2024 to 2025.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Farmers and land managers in National Landscapes, National Parks, and the Broads in England; land outside protected landscapes eligible if project benefits the area. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to 100% of costs for non-commercial projects Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
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