Year 3: Approved Applications
The following projects were approved in year 3 of the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme (March 2023 - March 2024).
| Project reference | Project name | Project description | FiPL grant awarded | Date awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP-FPL-229 | Chagford Regenerative Farmers Association CIC | A two year project aiming to help a number of farms to come together in collaboration and adopt more efficient and sustainable pasture management. The project is anticipated to impact over 100ha across 10 farms of varying size. The farmers involved will aim to improve health and vitality of the River Teign catchment area through regenerative farming principles; closely allied to the improvement in farming profitability and protection of the environment. | £59,445.00 | 02/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-230 | The Cure Dartmoor | A two year project, with the aim of rearing rare breed pigs in 5 acres of woodland in order to make sustainable, local charcuterie. | £6,599.40 | 11/05/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-233 | Frenchbeer | A trial of No Fence Grazing collars to enhance moorland diversity at Frenchbeer Farm, Cherrybrook and Longaford Newtakes. | £16,808.00 | 01/06/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-234 | Narracombe 2 | Educational visit relating to sustainable woodland management and charcoal making, as part of the applicant's vision for a small sustainable woodland business. | £9,800.00 | 26/04/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-235 | Bury the Giant | An education and engagement project, helping a wider range of people understand the value of Dartmoor’s peatlands and opportunities for nature-based solutions to benefit society. The project employs participative art/craft work as a platform for learning and engagement, resulting in production of a collaborative artwork that can tour/be displayed in the National Park. | £6,170.00 | 11/05/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-236 | Stowers Deer Management | Funding towards deer management items in order to reduce deer numbers and improve biodiversity on 76 ha of Dartmoor. | £5,901.32 | 25/05/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-239 | Bowden No Fence | No Fence collars to improve habitat on Holne Common through precise grazing management. | £6,682.00 | 01/06/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-241 | Langaford 2 | Maintaining and improving rhos pasture and species rich hay meadows, particularly for marsh fritillaries. Enhancing Langaford Trust’s role in education by continuing to run day courses based on study of natural environment, with a special focus on soils, butterflies, breeding birds and meadow management. | £35,910.00 | 07/07/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-242 | Meads Farm | The purchase of a small tractor mounted sprayer to be shared amongst local farms in the local Parish in order to establish herbal leys. | £6,080.00 | 10/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-243 | Challacombe 3 | Creation of a valley woodland, area of wood pasture, a traditional orchard and access works at Challacombe Farm. | £4,996.83 | 22/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-244 | Teign Valley Venison 2 | Equipment to support deer management and the supply of venison in the Teign Valley area. | £3,137.00 | 10/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-242 | Meads Farm | This project is to fund the purchase of a small tractor mounted sprayer plus a foam marker kit for accuracy, that will enable at least two farms to ensure they have clean pasture in which to establish clover and or herbal lays. | £6,080.00 | 14/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-247 | Brook Manor 3 | The creation of a Nofence grazing system, which the applicant has been trialling very successfully on loan over the last few months and is now looking to establish this long term. Also some additional protection for parkland trees using cactus guards, and 10 swift boxes for a new swift colony they are establishing on site after 3 years of playing calls to attract first time breeders. | £4,821.22 | 17/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-250 | Nutwell | Providing equipment for 'Sustainable Parenting' group. In addition to improving the water supply for livestock, and some improvements to boundary walls, granite gateways and planting some orchard trees. | £9,111.00 | 10/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-243 | Challacombe Farm 3 | To improve access buy installing two new bridlegates and a fingerpost at Challacombe Farm. Plant a small copse, with protection, alongside a stream. Plant a new orchard and 18 trees in cactus guards to create wood pasture. | £4,996.83 | 24/08/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-260 | Mardlewood 2 | The purchase and installation of a new deer chiller to ensure the production of high quality venison from deer that have been managed sustainably on Dartmoor and the surrounding area. | £3,500.80 | 13/10/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-261 | Paisley Mead Farm | Improvement of water quality, natural flood management and habitat enhancement on the farm. The project involves improving the farm yard infrastructure through rainwater harvesting and repairing yard surfaces. | £3,792.26 | 16/10/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-255 | White Wood Management | White Wood Management is a Dartmoor based woodland conservation specialist and supplier of locally sourced high quality timber. This project aims to provide sawmilling equipment to continue the supply of timber into the South West Peatland Partnership ‘Mires’ project and support the economic management of many Dartmoor woodlands. | £18,487 | 13/11/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-248 | Devon Coppice and Smallwoods Group | Funding towards the development of a website that can provide an Interactive Woodland Coppice Map of Devon. The website will present an integrated approach to historical and contemporary coppice woodland management activity for the whole of Devon. It will also provide a forum for woodland workers’ discussion groups, education and offers of contract work. | £8,336.00 | 21/11/2023 |
| 23/11/2023 | Soggy Bottom | Woodland management on a land holding, native tree planting and mulching, and deer fencing for protection. | £2,305.36 | 23/11/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-253 | Mary Tavy Telephone Box | A community project to transform a decommissioned telephone box in Mary Tavy into a museum and archive of the history of the copper and arsenic mine Devon Friendship (formerly Wheal Friendship) and the wider impact of mining on Dartmoor. | £3,114.95 | 01/12/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-238 | Hapstead Community Interest Company 2 | Further educational visits for children from Camphill Trust. In addition to the purchase of electric fencing and water supply equipment so that native Red Ruby Devon Cattle can be mob grazed. | £13,023.64 | 04/12/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-222 | Mary Tavy Heritage Trail | To improve the track surface and restore the stone wall on Route 27 (Devon Coast to Coast Cycle Route). | £16,763 | 04/12/2023 |
| DNP-FPL-256 | Higher Hurston | Restoration of the historic corn ditch boundary where Higher Hurston Farm meets Chagford common and the protection of, and improved connectivity between, existing and potential Marsh Fritillary wetland habitat. | £16,792 | 06/12/2023 |