Credit buyer · England, Scotland
Scottish Woodlands carbon services
Acts for the landowner to register, validate and verify Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code projects; you then sell, keep or use the carbon (they say they are not brokers).
- From
- Scottish Woodlands Ltd
- Who can apply
- Listed by the WCC as covering England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; most work is in Scotland.
- Buys
- woodland carbon, peatland carbon
What you’ll need
- Land you own (or landlord consent) that can become permanent woodland
- Land that is not legally required to be woodland already (additionality)
- Usually a felling/creation plan and EWCO or other grant checks
- Registration with the Woodland Carbon Code before planting starts
How to apply
- Contact the developer for a free site look and carbon estimate
- Agree who pays the costs and who owns or sells the carbon units
- Register the project with the Woodland Carbon Code
- Plant, then get the project validated to create Pending Issuance Units
- Sell units now or wait for verified Woodland Carbon Units
This is a paid agent, not a buyer: you pay fees and find or approve the buyer. Their page says schemes run 35-100 years and that selling carbon usually means a long-term contract limiting what you can do with the woodland. Their page still mentions the Woodland Carbon Guarantee, which closed in 2024. Woodland Carbon Code planting is a permanent change of land use to woodland that binds you and later owners, with monitoring and verification for the project life (often 100 years). Units are usually only part-paid at validation (Pending Issuance Units are a promise, not a finished credit) and the rest on verification years later. Converting farmland to woodland can lower its farmland value and change inheritance tax relief: APR covers land in environmental agreements with government or approved bodies, but private carbon deals may not count, and APR/BPR has been capped since April 2026. Get independent land-agent, legal and tax advice before signing. The government Woodland Carbon Guarantee closed in October 2024.
Similar schemes
- Forest Carbon (woodland and peatland carbon) OpenForest Carbon LtdDevelops woodland and peatland carbon projects with landowners, certifies them under the UK codes and finds buyers or sponsors to fund planting and restoration.
- Woodland Carbon (buys your woodland carbon) OpenWoodland TrustThe Woodland Trust covers planting costs and buys the carbon units from new native woodland you plant, paying in stages.
- Woodland Carbon Code (selling woodland carbon units) OpenForestry Commission (UK standard)Register new woodland so you can sell carbon units to buyers on the open market.
- Bidwells LLP (Woodland Carbon Code project developer) Open all yearBidwells LLPListed by the Woodland Carbon Code as a project developer covering England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, offering registration, validation and verification, sale of carbon units and woodland creation design.
- Brown & Co LLP (Woodland Carbon Code project developer) Open all yearBrown & Co LLPListed by the Woodland Carbon Code as a project developer covering England, offering registration, validation and verification, sale of carbon units and woodland creation design.
- CarbonStore (Tilhill) woodland and peatland carbon Open all yearCarbonStore, part of Tilhill ForestryDesigns, plants and manages new carbon woodland and peatland restoration for landowners, registers it under the codes and buys or sells the carbon units.
Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2, 3. Always read the official page before you apply.