WCPG-340-21-22 (360G-cabinetoffice-G2-GA-2024111349721-23-24)

The policy objective is to accelerate planting rates [to meet the 11 million trees commitment, depending on the outcome of the election] and meet the aspiration of 12% woodland cover by 2060, by incentivising the planting of large scale woodlands that will contribute to the UK's future timber needs, carbon budgets, rural economy and, because of their scale, should prove an economically viable management unit.