What the buyer wrote
DEFRA have awarded funding to four peat restoration projects in England, based on carbon capture and the value to wildlife. Northumberland National Park Authority is one of the organisations in one of two northern England partnerships, which in total will work on 21 peatland sites. The site in Northumberland National Park is Cheviot Summit (an approx. 276ha of peat cap around NT 9007 2045). This is the highest point in Northumberland. Extreme weather, historic grazing patterns and recreation have probably all contributed to hagging and bare peat areas. Apart from the weather, these issues have been addressed on site - currently no sheep on the summit area and a flagged path has been pro…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Cheviot Summit Peat Works
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- works
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 16 Sep 2018
- Work ends
- 1 Mar 2021
Who the buyer named
Hazel Fitzsimmons was the named contact on this notice.