1 August 2025
Landscape Enhancement Initiative
You can apply for up to £200,000 from National Grid to help reduce the visual impact of high voltage power lines in the New Forest National Park.
The Landscape Enhancement Initiative fund can support:
1. Reducing visual impact at public viewpoints through:
- Localised tree planting
- Gapping up and/or changes in management of hedgerows or other field boundaries
- Changes to trails, cyclepaths, footpaths, riding routes or other access routes, for example re-routing.
2. Enhancing landscape around pylons, transmission lines and substations through:
- Enhance biodiversity by improved management of existing habitats or by creation or restoration of habitats
- Enhance historic features in the landscape by restoration, consolidation and repair.
There is no fixed limit on the distance of eligible projects from the pylon line, but in general impacts usually occur within 3 km of the line.
