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Cross compliance

If you're a farmer or land manager and claim rural payments, you must follow a set of rules called cross compliance.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, Environment Agency, and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Published
15 July 2014
Last updated
20 December 2022 — See all updates

Past cross compliance guidance is held on the National Archives website.

Cross compliance 2023

Farmers and land managers must follow these cross compliance rules from 1 January 2023 for the whole year if they claim for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), a stewardship scheme or the Farm Woodland Premium element of the English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) in 2023.

Cross compliance 2022

Cross compliance guidance for the Basic Payment Scheme, stewardship schemes or the Farm Woodland Premium element of the English Woodland Gant Scheme (EWGS) in 2022.

Cross compliance 2021

Cross compliance guidance for the Basic Payment Scheme, Countryside Stewardship and certain rural development schemes – for the 2021 year only.

Cross compliance 2020

Cross compliance guidance for the Basic Payment Scheme, Countryside Stewardship and certain rural development schemes – for the 2020 year only.

Published 15 July 2014
Last updated 20 December 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added a new 2023 group with the 2023 cross compliance guide linked to it.

  2. Annual update to include cross compliance 2022 guidance in the collection.

  3. The 'Guide to cross compliance in England 2021' has been published.

  4. Published the 'Guide to cross compliance in England 2020'

  5. Cross compliance 2018 page published

  6. GAEC 7a and 7c August cutting derogation - removed reminder to apply.

  7. Derogation reminder - GAEC 7a Boundaries and GAEC 7c Trees - cutting or trimming in August 2016.

  8. added 2106 cross compliance guidance

  9. First published.

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