Peatland Code Projects Summary

Peatland Code projects on the UK Land Carbon Registry

Please note the following information is correct as of January 31st 2025:

Projects Summary

Total number of Peatland Code projects	337
Total Area of Peatland	46,107ha
Average project size	136ha
Average project duration	79 years

Number of Peatland Code projects by Country

Number of Projects	Scotland	England	Wales	Northern Ireland	UK
Under Development	183	28	6	2	219
Project Validated	72	8	7	0	87
Restoration + Project Validated	29	1	1	0	31
Verified (at year 5)	0	0	0	0	0
Total Registered Projects	284	37	14	2	337

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	575	102,457	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	11	2,209	654,779	354	129,750	0	0	0	0
2021	31	4,622	977,396	719	136,142	326	110,085	0	0
2022	73	10,884	2,364,135	1,791	467,252	69	16,226	0	0
2023	77	12,557	2,017,545	7,167	1,812,584	2,814	659,047	0	0
2024	90	13,843	2,789,177	1,445	271,596	328	64,257	0	0
Total	277	44,767	8,913,117	11,553	2,824,952	3,537	849,615	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	3	103	6,129	22	1,664	0	0	0	0
2022	9	1,238	141,229	31	0	0	0	0	0
2023	17	2,123	329,200	389	50,874	0	0	0	0
2024	6	815	179,325	185	28,393	0	0	0	0
Total	35	4,279	655,883	627	80,931	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	1	11	1,424	66	6,095	34	2,714	0	0
Total	13	1,232	80,815	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