The ‘Key dates: Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES)’ timeline is now available on GOV.UK It shows you important dates in 2019 for all three schemes (BPS, CS and ES), ahead of the full …
You can read the results from cross compliance inspections in 2017 on GOV.UK. They show the reasons why farmers failed to meet each Statutory Management Requirement (SMR) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC). We publish these results each year …
We’ve been making updates to digital maps using the latest information available to us, including aerial photography and Ordnance Survey map updates. If your digital maps have been updated using this information – this does not include land changes that …
The ‘Key Dates for BPS’ timeline is now available on GOV.UK. This shows important dates in the 2018 BPS scheme year, ahead of the full scheme rules being published on 13 March. We have also included some of the things …
It’s been a few years since we posted on our last blog, however we thought now is the right time to bring back the blog and let you know how we are going to be using it. We want to …
If you have applied for a Mid-Tier Application pack, the closing date for submitting it together with all supporting evidence is Friday 30th September 2016. To help ensure that Natural England can process your CS application as quickly and accurately as …
Natural England is running a range of local training events for those thinking of applying for the Mid Tier of Countryside Stewardship.
Natural England has recorded two live interactive presentations, aimed at land agents, on the Mid Tier of the Countryside Stewardship scheme. The first presentation covers the Mid-Tier Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package within Countryside Stewardship. It includes an introduction …
If you haven’t yet applied for the hedgerows and boundaries grant, now’s the time – up to £5000 is available to help you restore and improve your hedgerows, walls, and boundaries – and applications need to be in by April …
A new online options checker tool, which will make it easier for you to choose the most appropriate high-scoring options for your Countryside Stewardship application, is now available through the Rural Payments Service. Based on information you input about your …
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