Harworth bags grant to create woodland on 230-acre Morpeth site

Harworth Group has secured an England Woodland Creation Offer grant for its second woodland plantation scheme, located on its 230-acre Highthorn site in Morpeth, Northumberland. The woodland will feature more than 150,000 trees, comprising predominantly native broadleaf species with some conifer and scrub. It will provide significant benefits to the local community, including the creation of a new network of permissive footpaths to enhance public access. The Highthorn scheme forms part of Harworth’s Net Zero Carbon Pathway and ambition to achieve net-zero carbon status by 2030. Harworth anticipates that it could create up to 25,000 Pending Issuance Units. Earlier this year, Harworth opened to the public its first woodland plantation at Chevington North in Morpeth, where over 110,000 trees were planted.  Alex Standerwick, natural capital manager at Harworth Group, said: “The woodland plantation at Highthorn demonstrates our commitment to stewarding the land in our portfolio and delivering on our Net Zero Carbon Pathway to mitigate emissions created through our wider regeneration activities. “By leveraging our legacy land portfolio, we are not only creating habitats that enhance biodiversity but also ensuring that the carbon credits we generate are authentic and deliver long-term social and environmental value. This project, alongside our ongoing efforts at Chevington North, is a clear example of how Harworth is embedding sustainability into everything we do.”