Annex 1 – Arable offer options
Use this section to help you complete your Arable offer options
Your land must be registered in the Rural Payments service to the SBI you’re submitting the application for.
You will need to add specific revenue options to your application.
The options are divided into 3 categories. You must pick at least one option from each category and then choose as many as you wish.
The minimum number of options in the 5 year agreement is 3. You can choose as many options as you want, but must enter a minimum of 3% of your land into the Offer.
Confirm the rotational option position for year one of your agreement. For following years you will be asked to complete your annual claim with the rotational option details. (Make sure you’ve added all the land parcels to your application that may be used for your rotational options for the whole 5 years of the agreement.)
For the ‘Arable offer’ you must apply for at least 3 options including:
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at least 1 from ‘Nectar and pollen’ options
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at least 1 from ‘Nesting and shelter’ options
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at least 1 from ‘Additional resources and habitats’ options
You can apply for as many other ‘Arable offer’ options as you wish.
You must use 1% of the land in your application for the ‘nectar and pollen sources for insect pollinators and insect-rich foraging for birds’ options.
This screen shows the code and name of each option. For more information read Countryside Stewardship grants.
It also shows the total area of the land parcels in the application where the land use is eligible for the option. As well as the total area (in hectares to 4 decimal places) you are applying for under each option.
The text at the top of the screen shows the following 2 areas in hectares to 4 decimal places:
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1% of the land in your application
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the total area you have applied for under this option.
Click ‘Open’ for each option you want to apply for. All the land parcels with a land use eligible for the option are listed. You may need to scroll down the screen to see them all.
Add the amount of land you want to apply for under each option.
This screen includes:
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Sheet Number – the Ordnance Survey sheet reference.
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Parcel Number – the specific land parcel reference number.
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Parcel name – the name of the land parcel if you have previously given it a name.
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Crop type description – the land use code and land use description for the land parcel. If the land parcel has more than one eligible land use, they will be listed on separate lines.
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Eligible (ha) – the total area of land that is eligible for the option (based on the land use code).
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Applied for (ha) – the area of the land parcel you are applying for under the option, in hectares (to 4 decimal places).
When the amounts for each land parcel are correct, click ‘Save’, before you click ‘Back’ which will take you back to the list of options.
Click ‘Close’ after you’ve added all the land you want to apply for under these options, to take you back to the ‘Edit your Application’ list.
For the ‘Arable offer’ you must apply for at least 3 options including:
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at least 1 from ‘Nectar and pollen’ options
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at least 1 from ‘Nesting and shelter’ options
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at least 1 from ‘Additional resources and habitats’ options
You can apply for as many other ‘Arable offer’ options as you wish.
You must use 2% of the land in your application for the ‘winter food for seed eating birds’ options.
This screen shows the code and name of each option. For more information read Countryside Stewardship grants.
It also shows the total area of the land parcels in the application where the land use is eligible for the option. As well as the total area (in hectares to 4 decimal places) you are applying for under each option.
The text at the top of the screen shows the following (in hectares to 4 decimal places):
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2% of the land in your application
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the total area you have applied for under this option.
Click Open. All the land parcels with a land use eligible for the option are listed. You may need to scroll down the screen to see them all.
Add the amount of land you want to apply for under each option.
This screen includes:
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Sheet Number – the Ordnance Survey sheet reference.
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Parcel Number – the specific land parcel reference number.
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Parcel name – the name of the land parcel if you have previously given it a name.
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Crop type description – the land use code and land use description for the land parcel. If the land parcel has more than one eligible land use, they will be listed on separate lines.
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Eligible (ha) – the total area of land that is eligible for the option (based on the land use code).
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Applied for (ha) – the area of the land parcel you are applying for under the option, (in hectares to 4 decimal places).
When the amounts for each land parcel are correct, click ‘Save’, before you click ‘Back’ which will take you back to the list of options.
Click ‘Close’ after you have added all the land you want to apply for under these options, to take you back to the ‘Edit your application’ list.
For the ‘Arable offer’ you must apply for at least 3 options including:
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at least 1 from ‘Nectar and pollen’ options
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at least 1 from ‘Nesting and shelter’ options
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at least 1 from ‘Additional resources and habitats’ options
You can apply for as many other ‘Arable offer’ options as you wish. You must apply for at least one of the ‘additional resources and habitats’ options.
If you have a scheduled monument on a land parcel, you must choose the most appropriate option to manage that feature. For more information about managing scheduled monuments read the guidance on the Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England (SHINE) website, click guidance, then useful links.
This screen shows the code and name of each option. For more information read Countryside Stewardship grants.
It also shows the options measured in hectares or tonnes (to 4 decimal places) or metres or units (in whole numbers), where the land use is eligible for the option. It shows this both as the total eligible area in hectares or refers to the scheme manual where the measurement is not in hectares, as well as the amount you are applying for under each option.
The text on the screen confirms that you must apply for at least one of the options to meet the minimum requirement.
Click ‘Open’ for each option you want to apply for. All the land parcels with a land use eligible for the option are listed, along with option AB12 which does not relate to specific land parcels. You may need to scroll down the screen to see them all.
Add the amount of land, number of units, weight or measurement you want to apply for under relevant options.
Depending which option you choose, the screens include slightly different headings which are explained in the sections below under the different option codes.
For options AB3, AB5, AB6, AB11, AB13, AB15, AB16, HS1, HS2, HS3, SW1, SW3, SW4 and WT2 the screen includes:
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Sheet Number – the Ordnance Survey sheet reference.
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Parcel Number – the specific land parcel reference number.
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Parcel name – the name of the land parcel if you have previously given it a name.
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Crop type description – the land use code and land use description for the land parcel. If the land parcel has more than one eligible land use, they will be listed on separate lines.
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Eligible (ha) – the total area of land that is eligible for the option (based on the land use code).
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Applied for (ha) – the area of the land parcel you are applying for under the option, (in hectares to 4 decimal places). (For HS1, to convert hectares to metres squared, divide the ‘Applied for (ha)’ area by 10,000.)
When the amounts for each land parcel are correct, click ‘Save’.
Then click ‘Back’ if you want to go back to the list of options. Or click ‘Close’ if you’ve finished, to take you back to the ‘Edit your application’ list.
For options AB4 (units) or BE3 (metres) the screen includes:
The sheet and parcel numbers, parcel names and crop type descriptions as explained in the section above. It also includes:
- Applied for (units or metres) - the number of units or metres you are applying for under each land parcel. The number of units or metres you enter should be a whole number. If you enter a number with decimal places, this will be rounded to the nearest whole number automatically.
When the number of units or metres for each land parcel are correct, click ‘Save’.
Then click ‘Back’ if you want to go back to the list of options. Or click ‘Close’ if you have finished, to take you back to the ‘Edit your application’ list.
For option AB12 the screen includes:
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Maximum quantity (based on AB9) – which shows the maximum amount of option AB12 you can apply for. You can apply 1 tonne of AB12 for every 2ha of AB9 you included in your application under ‘Winter food for seed-eating birds’.
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Applied for (tonnes) – enter the total number of tonnes (to 4 decimal places) that you are applying for under this option. This cannot be more than the ‘Maximum quantity (based on AB9).
When the amounts are correct, click ‘Save’.
Then click ‘Back’ if you want to go back to the list of options. Or click ‘Close’ if you have finished, to take you back to the ‘Edit your application’ list.