Defra Test & Trials

The Foundation for Common Land is delighted to be working on two Defra Test and Trials for the new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM). This is a key opportunity to feedback our findings directly to policy makers.

Co-Designing a Delivery Model for ELM on Commons

Our first test and trial in conjunction with the Federation of Cumbria Commoners was to design and test and trial a delivery model for commons across England. Our Test and Trial involved working across 6 commons.

For an overview of the project you can find a one page summary here

Our test and trial is now complete you can read our final report here

Lowland Commons Landscape Recovery ELM Test and Trial

Our second test and trial will look and Landscape wide recovery on the Lowland aiming to answer the question; “How can we deliver multiple outcomes at landscape scale on commons?”

For an overview of the project you can find a one page summary here

Road Testing of SFI Moorland: August 2022 to July 2023 ELM Test and Trial

In July 2022 the Foundation for Common Land (FCL) was awarded a contract with DEFRA to undertake a unique Test and Trial (T&T). We will be Road Testing SFI22 Moorland Standard on three upland Commons. The findings of the T&T will feedback directly to the policy team to inform the development of a new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM) in England.

You can find more detail on the project here