Transfer of FWS and FWPS to Forestry Commission

 

2007 Payment round information

Payments for 2007 will commence on 6th November.  For further information, please refer to the 2007 Farm Woodland Payments page.

Contacts from 26 March 2007

For all agreements in England except those in West Midlands Region:

Email: england-farmwoods@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01223 771500
Post: Forestry Commission, Great Eastern House, Tenison Road, Cambridge, CB1 2DU.

For agreements in the West Midlands Region:

Email: westmidlands.fce@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Telephone: 01905 362852
Post: Forestry Commission, Government Buildings, Block B, Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2FR.

All queries in relation to WGS and EWGS should continue to be directed to your regional office (PDF 109kb).

Background

The administration of FWS and FWPS was transferred from Natural England to the Forestry Commission on 26 March 2007. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs authorised the FC to perform these functions in an agreement made under Part 8 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.

The transfer involved the migration of over 10000 files into the Forestry Commission’s electronic administration system. A new IT system was required to keep the schemes compliant with the rules that enable the scheme to be funded by the EU. The first stage of the migration involved the cleansing of the data received from the previous IT system.