How to make a capital or revenue claim for Countryside Stewardship
Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.
Applies to England
Make a revenue claim
We must receive your claim, and any supporting documents and evidence that need to be submitted with your claim, by 11:59pm on 15 May 2024.
We will apply late reductions to claims received after this deadline depending on when we receive the claim:
- between 16 May 2024 and 31 May 2024: a reduction of 5% of your total payment for this claim year will be applied
- between 1 June 2024 and 1 July 2024: a reduction of 10% of your total payment for this claim year will be applied
- between 2 July 2024 and 2 September 2024: a reduction of 25% of your total payment for this claim year will be applied
- after 11.59pm on 2 September 2024: your payment will be withheld for this claim year, unless you have a good reason or other exceptional circumstances apply
If this is the first year of your agreement, you must submit a revenue claim in 2024.
Make a claim online
You can claim online using the Rural Payments service. Once you’ve signed in, select ‘View business’ then scroll down the business overview to ‘Countryside Stewardship claims’.
On the Countryside Stewardship claims screen, click the button ‘Annual Declaration’ to make your annual revenue claim.
You can then use the on-screen ‘Help’ link to take you through each process step-by-step.
Read more about how to create an annual declaration online.
Make a claim by email or post
If you’re unable to claim online, you’ll need to contact RPA by phone or email to request a revenue claim form.
Follow the guidance on how to complete your CS revenue claim form by email or post.
Send your completed form, supporting documents and evidence (where relevant) to us by post or email using our contact details.
Make a capital claim
You can submit a capital claim at any time of year. However, this must be:
- within 3 months of the end of your agreement - a late claim reduction will apply if the claim is received between 3 and 6 months
- after the capital work is finished
- after you have been charged or invoiced
All the information you need to know about capital claims is in the relevant scheme guidance.
Make a CS claim online
You can claim online using the Rural Payments service. Once you’ve signed in, select ‘View business’ then scroll down the business overview to ‘Countryside Stewardship claims’.
On the Countryside Stewardship claims screen, select the ‘Create a new Countryside Stewardship Capital Claim’ green button:
- Create a new Countryside Stewardship Capital Claim 2024
- Create a new Countryside Stewardship Capital Claim 2023
You can then use the on-screen ‘Help’ link to take you through each process step-by-step.
Make a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Pilot capital claim online
You can create and submit the capital claim under the Countryside Stewardship claims section in your Rural Payments account. Select your SFI Pilot Capital Grant agreement and click the ‘Create a new Countryside Stewardship capital claim’ button.
Please contact RPA if you have any difficulties with the online process.
Make a claim by email or post
If you’re unable to claim online, you’ll need to contact RPA by phone or email to request a capital claim form.
Follow the guidance on how to complete your CS capital claim form by email or post.
Send your completed form, supporting documents and evidence (where relevant) to us by post or email using our contact details.
If you’re a SFI Pilot Capital Grant customer, you can only submit your claim online as we do not accept paper claim forms under the SFI Pilot scheme. However, you can send supporting evidence for your claim by email or post.
Contact us
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 324
Worksop
S95 1DF
Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm (excluding public holidays)
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Last updated 14 March 2024 + show all updates
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Revenue claim window opening update
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Updated for capital claims in 2024.
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Information updated as revenue claims closed at 11:59pm on 31 August 2023.
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Added further information to clarify the process for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot customers.
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Page updated to reflect the deadline for CS revenue claims without reductions closed at midnight on 15 May 2023.
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Addition of information about submitting a CS revenue claim for 2023.
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Page now explains how you can make an online claim using on-screen help and links to guidance for making a claim by email or post.
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Closure of Countryside Stewardship annual revenue claims for 2022.
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Updated for CS revenue claims opening on 15 March 2022.
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Added link to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from 1 January 2022. Removed information about rotational options.
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The revenue claim summary has been updated to show land parcel reference numbers in the rotational options section (Section3).
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Edited news to confirm CS revenue claims have closed for 2021. Removed out of date updates.
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Edited the information about the deadline for receiving claims as the 17 May deadline has now passed. Removed outdated information about additional helpline dates.
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Update call out box to include message about additional helpline opening hours.
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Detail added to explain that currently the rotational option section (secton 3) in the revenue claim summary does not contain any land parcel reference numbers. To also explain what to do until 20 July when this will be updated.
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RPA opening hours between Thursday 1 April and Tuesday 6 April.
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First published.