Guidance and regulation

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 August 2023

If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 17 May 2023

Find out how regulatory issues and consents could affect your SFI agreement.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 1 January 2024

Find out how to apply for approval under the scheme, how to claim for the subsidy, how much you can claim and what records you need to keep.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 6 November 2023

Find out what to do before you apply for an SFI agreement.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 17 August 2023

Higher Tier agreements for multi-year management options and one-off capital items to protect, restore or enhance the environment.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 6 December 2023

Guidance on how to meet the requirements for an Environmental Stewardship agreement.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 7 December 2023

Read this guidance to help you make delinked payments reference data transfer requests using the Rural Payments service.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 29 February 2024

Cross compliance ended on 31 December 2023. If you are a farmer or land manager, find out what this means for you.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 5 January 2024

Basic Payment Scheme recipients can get free advice from organisations during the changes in farming, supported by the Farming Resilience Fund.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 3 January 2024

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for nutrient management.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 August 2023

Apply for capital grants to achieve additional benefits alongside your existing agreements.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 15 May 2024

Information about the Lump Sum Exit Scheme and what you need to do.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 30 November 2022

Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 10 August 2023

Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim a revenue or capital payment.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 2 others
• Updated: 16 May 2024

This guidance explains how to complete your Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue claim form if you’re unable to submit a claim online.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 14 March 2024

How to apply for a Slurry Infrastructure grant round 1, who can apply and what the grant can pay for.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 12 March 2024

Find out how to take photographic evidence to show what you’ve done to complete an SFI action.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 23 June 2023

Farmers must follow these terms and conditions when they enter into an SFI agreement for the SFI 2023 offer.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
• Updated: 23 June 2023

Apply for a capital grant for a one-off payment to create a 10-year woodland management plan.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Updated: 3 January 2024