Guidance

Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier manual for agreements starting on 1 January 2022

This guidance explains what you need to do as an agreement holder.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Published: 25 February 2021

Applies to England

Documents

Applicant's guide: Higher Tier for agreements starting on 1 January 2022

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Agreement holder's guide: Higher Tier for agreements starting on 1 January 2022

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Annex 1: Countryside Stewardship Terms and Conditions

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Annex 2a: List of Higher Tier multi-year options

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Annex 2b: List of Higher Tier capital items

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Annex 2c: Indicative designs for leaky woody dams

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Annex 3: Scoring Higher Tier Applications

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Annex 4: Applying for the Higher Tier Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Packages

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Annex 5: Woodland improvement

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Annex 6: Common land and shared grazing: additional requirements

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Annex 7: Options and capital items to address water quality issues

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Annex 8: Livestock record-keeping requirements on arable and grassland

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Annex 8A: Countryside Stewardship livestock record keeping requirements

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Annex 8B: Options that require exclusion of livestock

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Annex 8C: Convert livestock numbers into Livestock Units

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Annex 9: Contact details

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Details

Read the agreement holder’s guide to find out how to manage your agreement and make a claim for payment.

Published 25 February 2021