Guidance

Countryside Stewardship payment rates for revenue options from 1 January 2022

Updated 9 February 2022

Applies to England

How the Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates apply

Revenue Option	Revenue Option Title	Old rate (£)	Rate for agreements starting on or before 1 Jan 2022 (£)	Rate for agreements starting on or after 1 Jan 2023 (£)
AB1	Nectar Flower Mix	511	579	579
AB10	Unharvested cereal headland	640	640	640
AB11	Cultivated areas for arable plants	532	544	544
AB12	Supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds	632	657	657
AB13	Brassica fodder crop*	100	100	n/a*
AB14	Harvested low input cereal	266	266	236
AB15	Two year sown legume fallow	522	569	569
AB16	Autumn Sown BumbleBird Mix	550	608	608
AB2	Basic Overwinter stubble	84	84	58
AB3	Beetle banks	573	636	636
AB4	Skylark Plots	9	10	10
AB5	Nesting Plots for Lapwing	524	566	566
AB6	Enhanced overwinter stubble	436	493	493
AB7	Wholecrop cereals	495	554	554
AB8	Flower rich margins and plots	539	628	628
AB9	Winter bird food	640	640	640
BE1	Protection of in-field trees on arable land	420	475	475
BE2	Protection of in-field trees on intensive grassland	190	260	260
BE3	Management of hedgerows	8	9	9
BE4	Management of traditional orchards	212	247	247
BE5	Creation of traditional orchards	281	342	342
BE6	Veteran Tree Surgery	221	326	326
BE7	Supplement for restorative pruning of fruit trees	62	96	96
CT1	Management of coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle	217	299	299
CT2	Creation of coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle on arable land improved grassland	314	420	420
CT3	Management of coastal saltmarsh	77	90	90
CT4	Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on arable land	442	594	594
CT5	Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat by non-intervention	271	420	420
CT6	Coastal vegetation management supplement	117	117	117
CT7	Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on intensive grassland	276	422	422
ED1	Educational Access	290	309	309
GS1	Take field corners and small areas out of management	365	365	333
GS10	Management of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl	157	197	197
GS11	Creation of wet grassland for breeding waders	406	480	480
GS12	Creation of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl	310	403	403
GS13	Management of grassland for target features	90	131	131
GS14	Creation of grassland for target features	253	372	372
GS15	Haymaking supplement	85	85	37
GS16	Rush infestation control supplement	73	77	77
GS17	Lenient Grazing Supplement	44	44	23
GS2	Permanent grassland with very low inputs (outside SDAs)	95	132	132
GS3	Ryegrass seed-set as winter food for birds	331	426	426
GS4	Legume and herb-rich swards	309	358	358
GS5	Permanent grassland with very low inputs in SDA	16	71	71
GS6	Management of species-rich grassland	182	182	182
GS7	Restoration towards species-rich grassland	145	205	205
GS8	Creation of species-rich grassland	267	374	374
GS9	Management of wet grassland for breeding waders	264	323	323
HS1	Maintenance of Weatherproof Traditional Farm Buildings	3.25	4.03	4.03
HS2	Take historic and archaeological features currently on cultivated land out of cultivation.	425	459	459
HS3	Reduced depth, non-inversion cultivation on historic and archaeological features	79	88	88
HS4	Scrub control on historic and archaeological features	137	163	163
HS5	Management of historic and archaeological features on grassland	30	39	39
HS6	Maintenance of designed/engineered water-bodies	440	480	480
HS7	Management of historic water meadows through traditional irrigation	440	480	480
HS8	Maintenance of Weatherproof Traditional Farm Buildings in Remote Areas	6.73	6.86	6.86
HS9	Restricted depth crop establishment to protect archaeology under and arable rotation	174	199	199
LH1	Management of lowland heathland	274	335	335
LH2	Restoration of forestry and woodland to lowland heathland	184	214	214
LH3	Creation of heathland from arable or improved grassland	517	577	577
OP1	Overwintered stubble	116	156	156
OP2	Wild bird seed mixture	640	640	640
OP3	Supplementary feeding for farmland birds	494	756	756
OP4	Multi species ley	115	115	115
OP5	Undersown cereal	86	233	233
OR1	Organic conversion - improved permanent grassland	75	150	150
OR2	Organic conversion - unimproved permanent grassland	50	76	76
OR3	Organic conversion - rotational land	175	256	256
OR4	Organic Conversion - Horticulture	400	602	602
OR5	Organic Conversion - Top Fruit	450	960	960
OT1	Organic land management - improved permanent grassland	40	40	20
OT2	Organic Land Management - unimproved permanent grassland	20	31	31
OT3	Organic Land Management - rotational land	65	109	109
OT4	Organic Land Management - Horticulture	200	380	380
OT5	Organic Land Management - Top Fruit	300	960	960
OT6	Organic Land Management - Enclosed Rough Grazing	8	48	48
SP1	Difficult sites supplement	62	71	71
SP10	Administration of group managed agreements supplement	6	6	6
SP2	Raised water level supplement	127	127	127
SP3	Bracken control supplement	153	175	175
SP4	Control of invasive plant species supplement	324	340	340
SP5	Shepherding supplement	7	8	8
SP6	Cattle grazing supplement	45	45	39
SP7	Introduction of cattle grazing on the Isles of Scilly	279	279	279
SP8	Native breeds at risk supplement	94	142	142
SP9	Threatened species supplement	120	154	154
SW1	4-6m buffer strip on cultivated land	353	419	419
SW10	Seasonal livestock removal on intensive grassland	36	63	63
SW11	Riparian management strip	440	480	480
SW12	Making space for water	640	640	640
SW13	Very low nitrogen inputs to groundwaters	251	348	348
SW14	Nil fertiliser supplement	131	148	148
SW15	Flood mitigation on arable reversion to grassland	488	488	488
SW16	Flood mitigation on permanent grassland	256	272	272
SW2	4-6m buffer strip on intensive grassland	170	213	213
SW3	In-field grass strips	557	624	624
SW4	12-24m watercourse buffer strip on cultivated land	512	578	578
SW5	Enhanced management of maize crops	133	159	159
SW6	Winter cover crops	114	124	124
SW7	Arable reversion to grassland with low fertiliser inputs	311	321	321
SW8	Management of intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse	202	202	202
SW9	Seasonal livestock removal on intensive grassland	88	106	106
UP1	Enclosed rough grazing	39	43	43
UP2	Management of rough grazing for birds	88	110	110
UP3	Management of Moorland	43	51	51
UP4	Management of moorland vegetation supplement	10	10	10
UP5	Moorland re-wetting supplement	18	23	23
UP6	Upland livestock exclusion supplement	16	18	18
WD1	Woodland creation - maintenance payments	200	300	300
WD2	Woodland improvement	100	100	100
WD3	Woodland edges on arable land	323	376	376
WD4	Management of wood pasture and parkland	46	148	148
WD5	Restoration of wood pasture and parkland	244	329	329
WD6	Creation of wood pasture	409	499	499
WD7	Management of successional areas and scrub	74	83	83
WD8	Creation of successional areas and scrub	87	128	128
WD9	Livestock exclusion supplement - scrub and successional areas	121	121	74
WD10	Management of upland wood pasture and parkland	212	212	212
WD11	Restoration of upland wood pasture and parkland	316	316	316
WD12	Creation of upland wood pasture	333	333	333
WT1	Buffering in field ponds and ditches in improved grassland	201	275	275
WT10	Management of lowland raised bog	164	178	178
WT11	Wetland cutting supplement	440	480	480
WT12	Wetland grazing supplement	304	407	407
WT2	Buffering in-field ponds and ditches on arable land	501	563	563
WT3	Management of ditches of high environmental value	37	42	42
WT4	Management of ponds of High Wildlife value (100 sq m or less)	103	114	114
WT5	Management of ponds of High Wildlife value (more than 100 sq m)	183	202	202
WT6	Management of reedbed	78	80	80
WT7	Creation of reedbed	323	323	323
WT8	Management of fen	39	39	35
WT9	Creation of fen	446	507	507

*Option AB13 (Brassica fodder crop) will not be available as an option for agreements starting from 1 January 2023. Existing agreement holders with this option will continue to be paid at the old rate.