Guidance

Annex 9: Contact details

Published 29 June 2023

Applies to England

Visit our website

www.gov.uk/rpa

For more information about the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier scheme in 2022, go to www.gov.uk/rpa/cs

Look on our website for information about when the Rural Payments service may not be available.

Email

ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Quote your single business identifier (SBI) and agreement number for all enquiries.

Call us

03000 200 301 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays)

Write to us

Rural Payments Agency (CS)
PO Box 324
WORKSOP
S95 1DF

Pre-populated application forms

To request a Higher Tier application form you can:

Completed Countryside Stewardship application forms

Send your completed Countryside Stewardship application forms for Higher Tier by email or post using the details above.

To contact Natural England

Natural England County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP

email: enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk
telephone: 0300 060 3900

To contact the Forestry Commission

You can find Contact details for Forestry Commission on GOV.UK

To contact Historic England

You must contact your Historic England local office.

To contact Catchment Sensitive Farming

You can find a list of Catchment Sensitive Farming contacts on GOV.UK