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Find out how you could do the SFI actions for buffer strips.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2020.
Find out about grants and other funding support for agroforestry on your farmland.
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.
Information for Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to prepare for a site visit and what you are asked to provide.
Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how you will need to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.
If you’re an existing Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holder, read how the end of cross compliance affects your agreement.
Read how to complete your Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue claim form if you’re unable to submit a claim online.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from January 2023.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship capital payment rates from January 2023.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
When and how Countryside Stewardship agreement holders can create an annual declaration online for their revenue claim.
Steps farmers and land managers must take before applying for Countryside Stewardship on common land and shared grazing.
Facilitators bring together groups of farmers, foresters and other land managers to improve local environmental outcomes.
Find out how you could do the SFI action for moorland.
Find out what documentation you need after a follow-up, so you can make a claim.
This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2016.
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 start on 1 January 2019.
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