Farming and food grants and payments – collection

Environmental Stewardship: guidance and forms for existing agreement holders

Help for agreement holders to manage an existing agreement, appoint an agent and make a claim for payment.

Contents

For new applications for environmental land management grants see Countryside Stewardship.

Help to manage your existing Environmental Stewardship agreement

Relevant guidance needed to support all or part of your existing Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), Organic ELS, Uplands ELS and Higher Level Stewardship agreement.

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

   • 23 March 2015
   • Detailed guide

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

   • 7 March 2016
   • Detailed guide

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
   • Detailed guide

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

   • 11 September 2014
   • Detailed guide

Environmental Stewardship forms: all scheme levels

Relevant forms needed to support all or part of your Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), Organic ELS, Uplands ELS and Higher Level Stewardship scheme.

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

Entry Level Stewardship forms

Includes: Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), Organic ELS and Uplands ELS schemes.

1. Entry Level Stewardship: minor change notice

   • 25 February 2014
   • Form

2. Organic Entry Level Stewardship: Field parcel reconciliation

   • 22 January 2009
   • Form

Higher Level Stewardship forms

1. Higher Level Stewardship: VAT declaration

   • 7 January 2013
   • Form

2. Higher Level Stewardship: minor change request

   • 19 January 2012
   • Form

3. Higher Level Stewardship: farm educational visit evaluation

   • 4 June 2014
   • Form

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

   • 22 January 2009
   • Form

• Published: 17 April 2015

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