Peatland Code Projects Summary

Peatland Code projects on the UK Land Carbon Registry

Please note the following information is correct as of July 2nd 2024:

Projects Summary

Total number of Peatland Code projects	267
Total Area of Peatland	34,310ha
Average project size	132ha
Average project duration	79 years

Number of Peatland Code projects by Country

Number of Projects	Scotland	England	Wales	Northern Ireland	UK
Under Development	141	29	4	2	176
Project Validated	52	6	7	0	65
Restoration + Project Validated	24	1	1	0	26
Verified (at year 5)	0	0	0	0	0
Total Registered Projects	217	36	12	2	267

Projects summary by country

Scotland

Year	Number of projects registered	Area of peatland registered (ha)	Emissions reductions registered (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Project Plan Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Project Plan Validated projects (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Restoration Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Restoration Validated (tCO2e)	Area of Verified projects (ha)	Emissions reductions Verified projects (tCO2e)
2017	1	77	7,628	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	77	7,628	0	0	0	0
2019	1	249	102,457	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	11	2,175	654,779	354	129,759	0	0	0	0
2021	31	4,343	996,255	728	141,595	326	110,085	0	0
2022	73	9,524	2,388,303	1,791	469,254	69	18,229	0	0
2023	77	9,993	2,042,076	8,183	1,819,069	2,600	659,047	0	0
2024	13	1,369	272,311	208	23,044	363	64,257	0	0
Total	207	27,730	6,441,833	10,644	2,548,887	3,323	851,617	0	0

England

Year	Number of projects registered	Area of peatland registered (ha)	Emissions reductions registered (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Project Plan Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Project Plan Validated projects (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Restoration Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Restoration Validated (tCO2e)	Area of Verified projects (ha)	Emissions reductions Verified projects (tCO2e)
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	8	557	130,856	22	1,664	0	0	0	0
2022	9	1,596	142,931	48	4,041	0	0	0	0
2023	17	2,195	366,126	389	52,134	0	0	0	0
2024	1	350	23,113	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	35	4,698	663,026	460	57,839	0	0	0	0

Wales

Year	Number of projects registered	Area of peatland registered (ha)	Emissions reductions registered (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Project Plan Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Project Plan Validated projects (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Restoration Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Restoration Validated (tCO2e)	Area of Verified projects (ha)	Emissions reductions Verified projects (tCO2e)
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	4	326	14,301	111	8,724	0	0	0	0
2020	1	34	2,714	11	1,108	0	0	0	0
2021	3	442	33,976	330	19,408	0	0	0	0
2022	2	267	16,886	115	14,658	0	0	0	0
2023	2	152	11,514	233	13,415	0	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0	66	6,095	34	2,714	0	0
Total	12	1,221	79,391	866	63,408	34	2,714	0	0

Northern Ireland

Year	Number of projects registered	Area of peatland registered (ha)	Emissions reductions registered (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Project Plan Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Project Plan Validated projects (tCO2e)	Area of peatland Restoration Validated (ha)	Emissions reductions Restoration Validated (tCO2e)	Area of Verified projects (ha)	Emissions reductions Verified projects (tCO2e)
2017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	2	174	30,953	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	174	30,953	0	0	0	0	0	0

Map of Peatland Code Projects