Dry-stone walling grant scheme

The Cotswolds Conservation Board and National Grid have announced a brand new £300,000 grant scheme available for landowners, farmers and local communities in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The new grant scheme is aimed at restoring dry-stone walls along a 5km corridor centred along the route of the Wormington to Sapperton gas pipeline currently being constructed by National Grid. The funding has been provided for the Board to invest in conserving and enhancing the Cotswolds landscape during and after the construction period.

Farmers, tenant farmers, landowners and local communities located within the corridor area are able to apply for grants to assist with the cost of restoring dry-stone walls on their land.  To download a map of the pipeline corridor, click here.

Further details of the grant scheme, along with an application form, are also available from the Cotswolds Conservation Board by calling 01451 862000.

Notes: Construction of the 44 km, 900mm-diameter pipeline linking National Grid's existing installations at Wormington (near Broadway) and Sapperton (near Cirencester) began in March and is due to finish this autumn with some reinstatement working continuing after this time.  The essential pipeline will meet the growing demand for reliable and economic gas supplies in the South West of England by next winter.

For further information about the pipeline project, click here.