Guidance

CAP Reform: how we will manage double funding (greening and Environmental Stewardship)

Guidance on how we plan to deal with the risk of double funding between greening under CAP Reform and Environmental Stewardship agreements.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency and Forestry Commission
• Published: 10 June 2014
• Last updated: 22 October 2020 — See all updates

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Documents

CAP Reform: greening/double funding and Environmental Stewardship agreements

PDF, 148 KB, 12 pages

Details

This document provides the latest information on the ‘greening double funding’ rules and adds to the information provided in CAP Reform: greening - work out what it means for you which was sent to all CAP customers on 9 June 2014.

September 2014 updates

The updated version provides:

• further guidance on how Entry Level Stewardship/Organic Entry Level Stewardship/Upland Entry Level Stewardship agreements starting on 1 January 2012 or later may be exempt from double funding payment reductions, including where no Basic Payment Scheme claim is made on agreement land
• further guidance on using Entry Level Stewardship/Organic Entry Level Stewardship options to meet Ecological Focus Area requirements
• a contact for feedback or if you have problems

The October version updates Questions 6, 7 and 8 to take account of further clarification of the Commission guidance on double funding.

Who’s this for?

This information is aimed at farmers and other land managers with Environmental Stewardship agreements which start on 1 January 2012 or later, to help work out:

• whether their payments have to be reduced to avoid ‘double funding’
• if so, the choices that are available

The document will also be of interest to agents and farm advisers.

Published 10 June 2014
Last updated 22 October 2020 + show all updates

1. 22 October 2020

   Spreadsheet removed as it is no longer needed and doesn't meet accessibility regulations.

2. 8 October 2014

   Answers to questions 6, 7 and 8 updated to take account of further clarification of the Commission guidance on double funding.

3. 8 October 2014

   Answers to questions 7 and 8 updated to take account of further clarification of the Commission guidance on double funding.

4. 17 September 2014

   Updated version of document published, and calculator tool (Excel file) added

5. 10 June 2014

   Minor correction to document - one reference to 2015 at the bottom of page 1 should read 2014.

6. 10 June 2014

   First published.