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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow laying item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the permanent grassland with very low inputs (outside SDAs) option.
How the rules are changing to extend eligible Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements from 2025 and what you need to do.
Find out what's involved in creating a plan, giving you a structured way to organise the management of woodland.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the flower-rich margins and plots option.
Find out what a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) agri-environment mirror agreement is, including 5 in 10 agreements, and when you would get one.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the educational access option.
Higher Tier agreements for multi-year management options and one-off capital items to protect, restore or enhance the environment.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to help fund farm and horticulture productivity.
Find out when you are permitted to cut and trim hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture.
Check the land details you have registered on the Rural Payments service.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the winter bird food option.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores) item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the species management plan item.
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.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of hedgerows option.
What land use codes to use in 2023 when declaring land in a rural payments application such as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Countryside Stewardship (CS).
Apply for Higher Tier Capital Grants to achieve additional environmental benefits.
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