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Read about what to expect and how you can get ready to apply when Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) opens in 2025.
This is preview guidance for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT).…
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These items do not require endorsement and are suitable for Sustainable…
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Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland, and can be used for grant and felling licence applications.
Agreements for management grants and capital items to protect and enhance the natural environment.
Information for agreement holders about transferring all or part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement to another person.
Cross compliance ended on 31 December 2023. If you are a farmer or land manager, find out what this means for you.
Changes to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from January 2024.
Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these terms and conditions if they applied for an agreement after 5 January 2023.
What individuals or organisations need to know when they become a facilitator, and how to manage the Grant Funding Agreement (GFA).
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
Higher Tier agreements for multi-year management options and one-off capital items to protect, restore or enhance the environment.
This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.
Read about the rules Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement holders must continue to meet following the end of cross compliance.
Find out which SFI or CS Higher Tier management actions, or capital items are eligible to use on land that’s conditionally exempt from Inheritance Tax.
How to complete a capital claim if you're a Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement holder and unable to submit a claim online.
Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
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