What is ‘Farming in Protected Landscapes’?
It is a four-year Defra funded Programme (July 2021 to March 2025) running in all of the English National Parks and National Landscapes to help farmers and other land managers adapt to future changes in agricultural support. By supporting farmers, land managers and people who live and work in these areas, we can help protect these exceptional places and support local communities.
Specifically, it will support activity that benefits nature recovery, mitigates the impacts of climate change, provides opportunities for people to discover, enjoy and understand the landscape and its cultural heritage, or supports nature-friendly, sustainable farm businesses.
This is a programme of funding for one-off projects covering these areas of work, not an agri-environment scheme. Carrying out a project through this Programme will not affect your ability to enter the new environmental land management schemes.
The Guidance for applicants sets out the purpose and operation of the Programme in more detail.
We are delivering the Programme in the North York Moors National Park over the next four years. The Programme is also running in the neighbouring Howardian Hills National Landscape and farmers/land managers located should contact the Howardian Hills National Landscape directly. Applications over £10,000 will be decided by a local assessment panel, which we will run jointly with the Howardian Hills National Landscape.