Peatland Code Projects Summary

Peatland Code projects on the UK Land Carbon Registry

Please note the following information is correct as of February 19th 2024:

Projects Summary

Total number of Peatland Code projects	244
Total Area of Peatland	32,735ha
Average project size	134ha
Average project duration	80 years

Number of projects by peatland type

Bog	241
Fen	3

Number of Peatland Code projects by Country

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	4,408	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	75	9,941	2,052,783	7,561	1,819,069	2,331	600,707	0	0
2024	4	239	74,805	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	196	26,612	6,277,010	10,511	2,567,296	2,726	729,020	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	16	2,168	358,686	389	52,134	0	0	0	0
2024	1	350	23,113	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	34	4,671	655,856	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	35	2,747	11	1,108	0	0	0	0
2021	3	499	35,251	331	19,441	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	34	3,471	0	0	0	0
Total	12	1,278	80,699	835	60,817	0	0	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