Key dates for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier

Important dates for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.

Date	Information
8 February 2022	Start of CS 2022 application period for agreements that will start on 1 January 2023.
31 March 2022 (midnight)	Deadline for requesting a CS 2022 Higher Tier application pack (online, email or post)
29 April 2022 (midnight)	Deadline for submitting Higher Tier 2022 initial application. If woodland is included in CS application, Woodland Management Plan must be approved or approved in principle before Higher Tier initial application is submitted.
By early June 2022	Customer notified of Higher Tier 2022 initial application decision.
June to August 2022	Higher Tier 2022 final application development with customer.
31 August 2022	Deadline for submitting Higher Tier final application to FC or NE. All necessary consents, permissions and evidence must be arranged by this date. Woodland Management Plans must be fully approved with any associated felling licence in place by this date.
31 August 2022	Deadline for RPA to receive any requested ‘baseline’ (BEHTA) evidence. Deadline for RPA to receive any changes to the Higher Tier woodland only 2022 final application. Woodland Management Plans where needed for woodland only applications, must be fully approved with any associated felling licence in place by this date.
End October 2022	Final scoring for woodland only applications and the woodland element of a mixed application.
By 31 December 2022	2022 Agreement offer and declaration sent to customer for agreements that will start on 1 January 2023.
1 January 2023	Start date for CS Higher Tier agreements applied for in 2022.