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COLLAPSED BUILDING GRANT SCHEME
16 March 2010
The Scottish Government’s severe weather grant scheme is now open. The maximum grant available is £6,000 per business and the Scottish Government has set aside a maximum of £3 million.
The grant scheme will help provide financial assistance where farmers have been forced to rent alternative housing or acquire temporary structures to avoid exposing livestock to health and welfare problems.
There is no financial assistance for the permanent reinstatement, rebuilding or repair of collapsed buildings.
For further information on the above, please contact Tom Chetwynd on 01343 610803 or tom@bowlts.com.
SCOTTISH RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
17 February 2010
Increase in case value limit for woodland creation cases under ongoing approval
The Forestry Commission Scotland has announced that the Scottish Government has agreed to an increase in the case value limit, only for ongoing approval Woodland Creation cases, to £750,000. All woodland management cases will continue to have the £250,000 case value limit applied. As before, these ongoing approval procedures will be used as long as the FSC has money available in its budget.
This change is being implemented immediately. Impact on individual cases very much depends on specific circumstances, i.e. are woodland agents ready to commit the proposal on 12th February for March RPAC.
Proposals will proceed through the system as normal until “committed”. Once “committed”, case officers assess and review the eligibility of the proposals against the criteria for “Ongoing Approval of Forestry Proposals”. The value of the proposal must be confirmed as:-
£750,000 maximum for cases containing Woodland Creation only.
£750,000 maximum for cases containing Woodland Creation options and Sustainable Management of Forests and/or Woodland Improvement Grant options of which the SMF/WIG total cannot exceed £250,000.
£250,000 maximum for cases containing only SMF and/or WIG options.
These latest changes will further encourage new woodland planting schemes within Scotland. For further details please visit http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-6wxjmk.
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