Guidance

Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: get ready to apply

Read about what to expect and how you can get ready to apply when Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) opens in 2025.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
11 December 2024
Last updated
25 February 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: preview guidance

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Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier actions

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Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: new capital items

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Countryside Stewardship Terms and Conditions (draft)

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Details

This is preview guidance for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT). It sets out what you can do now to prepare to apply and what funding will be available.

The full CSHT scheme guidance will be published before applications open in summer 2025.

Read the terms and conditions that you will need to comply with under the scheme.

Updates to this page

Published 11 December 2024
Last updated 25 February 2025 + show all updates

  1. Amendment to action CUP2: Manage rough grazing for birds. The available area for this action is a land parcel of at least 2 hectares in size. The upper limit of 25ha has been removed.

  2. Added section 11.5: 'Check your land use is correct' to the preview guidance. Amended action CWT16 for use on freshwater habitats only.

  3. Amended action CGS4: Herbal leys. You cannot use this action on sites of special scientific interest.

  4. First published.

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