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Environmental Stewardship: guidance and forms for agreement holders

• From: Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Part of: Land management and Rural grants and payments
• Published: 17 April 2015
• Last updated: 3 August 2017, see all updates

Use these documents to meet the requirements for an Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), Organic ELS, Uplands ELS or Higher Level Stewardship agreement.

Guidance

1. Environmental Stewardship: funding to farmers for environmental land management

   • 14 August 2017
   • Guidance

2. Environmental Stewardship: how to get paid under an agreement

   • 7 March 2016
   • Guidance

3. Environmental Stewardship: additions, transfers and option changes to existing agreements

   • 23 September 2015
   • Guidance

4. Environmental Stewardship: educational access visits on your land

   • 11 September 2014
   • Guidance

5. Environmental Stewardship: site inspection and what impact it has on your agreement

   • 11 September 2014
   • Guidance

Forms: all scheme levels

1. Environmental Stewardship: agent authorisation

   • 13 February 2015
   • Form

2. Environmental Stewardship: shared grazing and common land

   • 19 October 2011
   • Form

3. Environmental Stewardship: supplementary land ownership and control

   • 22 January 2009
   • Form

4. Environmental Stewardship: livestock record-keeping

   • 11 April 2016
   • Form

Forms: Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), Organic ELS and Uplands ELS

1. Entry Level Stewardship: minor change notice (derogation)

   • 25 February 2014
   • Form

2. Organic Entry Level Stewardship: Field parcel reconciliation

   • 22 January 2009
   • Form

Forms: Higher Level Stewardship

1. Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship: farm visit evaluation

   • 6 July 2015
   • Form

2. Higher Level Stewardship: VAT declaration

   • 7 January 2013
   • Form

3. Higher Level Stewardship: minor change request (derogation)

   • 19 January 2012
   • Form

4. Higher Level Stewardship: source of British native-origin seed

   • 22 January 2009
   • Form

HS2 guidance

1. High Speed Two (HS2): how it affects agri-environment scheme agreements

   • 3 August 2017
   • Guidance

2. HS2 Guide for Farmers and Growers

   • 6 May 2016
   • Guidance

Document information

Published: 17 April 2015

Updated: 3 August 2017

+ full page history

1. 3 August 2017 Guidance for agreement holders affected by HS2.
2. 17 April 2015 First published.

From: Natural England Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Part of: Land management Rural grants and payments