Guidance

Mid Tier and Wildlife Offers manual for 1 January 2021 agreements: Countryside Stewardship

Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021

Applies to England

Documents

Details

Use the manual to understand the rules and conditions that apply to Mid Tier and Wildlife Offer agreements that started on 1 January 2021.

Use the options, supplements and capital items documents:

  • to understand the rules for each option, supplement and capital item
  • for advice on carrying out options, supplements and capital items

Use the Countryside Stewardship (CS) forms.

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Published 14 March 2016
Last updated 5 March 2021 + show all updates
  1. Options added for 2020

  2. Mid Tier and Wildlife Offers scheme rules for agreements starting on 1 January 2021 moved to the Agreement Holders' page.

  3. How to complete guide removed as application window is closed

  4. Removed How to apply guides as application deadline has passed for 2020

  5. Wildlife Offers leaflets removed from this page and moved to the Arable, Lowland Grazing, Mixed Farming and Upland pages.

  6. Overview leaflets for Mid Tier Offer and each of the Wildlife Offers (Arable, Lowland Grazing, Mixed Farming and Upland) added to the page.

  7. 4 May deadline changed to 30 June on the 'How to request a Mid Tier or Higher Tier application pack online' document.

  8. 'How to complete your Mid Tier application' guide published.

  9. Publication of Mid Tier manual for agreements starting on 1 January 2021, and How to apply for a Mid Tier application pack online

  10. Updated - Applications for Mid Tier closed on 31 July 2019. Removed details -How to apply.

  11. Update 'How to apply' section to highlight 31 May deadline to request an application pack has passed.

  12. Added 'How to request a Mid Tier application pack online' guide.

  13. Countryside Stewardship is now open for applications for 2020 agreements

  14. New Countryside Stewardship opened for applications on 18 February

  15. Mid Tier is closed for applications.

  16. Added link to evidence checking tool to 'How to apply'.

  17. Updated 'How to complete the application form' guide (PDF).

  18. Options, supplements and capital items PDF updated. Options AB1, AB3, AB4, AB5, AB6, AB8, AB9, AB11, AB15, AB16, HS2, OP2, SW1, SW3, SW4, SW6, WD3 and WT2 cannot be used on land already receiving funding for Ecological Focus Areas declared for Basic Payment Scheme. Link to stocking calendar added to UP2. List of permitted active ingredients added to AB7, AB10 and AB14.

  19. Application deadline extended to 31 August 2018.

  20. Deadline to request an application pack has passed. Removed form for requesting a pack.

  21. New shorter version of application pack request form.

  22. Text added to clarify that the application request pack form on this page only applies to Mid Tier applications. There is a different application pack request form for the 4 Wildlife Offers.

  23. Section on 'Overlap of certain CS options with Ecological Focus Areas in 2019' added.

  24. How to complete the application form guidance added.

  25. Mid Tier manual amended. The 3 changes are listed in revisions table on page 2.

  26. Application pack request form added.

  27. Mid Tier manual 2018 published with links to Offers for Wildlife.

  28. Quick guide to making an application added.

  29. New versions of manual and options document for 2017 application round.

  30. Mid Tier has closed for new applications in 2016.

  31. Added addendum document about 'dual use' with the Basic Payment Scheme.

  32. Replaced Mid Tier options, supplements and capital items document. Minor change to text.

  33. Replaced the initial version of the Mid Tier options, supplement and items PDF with revised version.

  34. Added Mid Tier options, supplements and capital items document.

  35. First published.