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Find out if you need to repay your lump sum payment from the Lump Sum Exit Scheme when you apply for CSHT.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship capital payment rates from January 2023.
Find out about grants and other funding support for agroforestry on your farmland.
Facilitators bring together groups of farmers, foresters and other land managers to improve local environmental outcomes.
Steps farmers and land managers must take before applying for Countryside Stewardship on common land and shared grazing.
Details of the new payment rates for Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue options that will apply to CS agreements from 1 January 2022
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
If you’re an existing Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holder, read how the end of cross compliance affects your agreement.
Modified terms and conditions, and summary of changes, for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier and Higher Tier agreements between 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020.
This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from January 2023.
Information for agreement holders about ending a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
Offers to help farmers and land managers protect wildlife and preserve the natural environment.
Use this statement to find out the features and issues that have been identified as priorities for funding in this area.
Understand how to use the Countryside Stewardship targeting priorities interactive maps to find out the main environmental priorities for the Countryside Stewardship application area.
Find equivalent or greater environmental value Countryside Stewardship (CS) options to enable you to leave Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) early.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
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