Apply for PA3: Woodland management plan
Apply for capital item PA3 as a one-off payment to create a 10-year woodland management plan.
Applies to England
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The PA3: Woodland management plan grant 2025 guidance consists of:
- applicant’s guide
- agreement holder’s guide
- terms and conditions
Use the guidance to apply for PA3: Woodland management plan grant 2025 from 2 January 2025.
Read the applicant’s guide to find out if you’re eligible for a grant and how to apply.
Read the agreement holder’s guide to find out how to manage your agreement and make a claim for payment.
You can also apply for other capital grants at any time of the year.
Contact Rural Payments Agency
You can contact RPA by email, phone or post.
Quote your single business identifier (SBI) and agreement number for all enquiries.
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 324
Worksop
S95 1DF
Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays
Find out about call charges
Updates to this page
Last updated
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Section 2 of the 'Applicant's guide: PA3: Woodland management plan 2025' has been renumbered to fix a formatting error. Also, in section 2.1, the date for publishing the felling proposals on a public register has been amended from 28 days to 21 days.
Update history
2026-01-05 00:15
Guidance page updated to show that applications for 2025 are closed. Agreement holder’s should refer to the agreement holder’s guidance for information about managing their agreement.
2025-05-20 15:00
Amended minimum eligible area from 3 hectares to 0.5 hectares in the ‘how to apply’ guides so consistent with Applicant’s guide.
2025-05-13 09:45
Section 4.1 of the applicant guide amended to explain land parcels must be registered on digital maps before applying.
2025-02-11 11:23
Section 2 of the ‘Applicant’s guide: PA3: Woodland management plan 2025’ has been renumbered to fix a formatting error. Also, in section 2.1, the date for publishing the felling proposals on a public register has been amended from 28 days to 21 days.
2025-01-02 00:15
First published.