Guidance

Environmental Stewardship: terms and conditions, and rules for existing agreement holders, from 1 January 2024

If you’re an existing Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holder, read how the end of cross compliance affects your agreement.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Published: 6 December 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Environmental Stewardship agreements: addendum to 2nd, 3rd and 4th edition Environmental Stewardship handbooks

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You must follow these terms and conditions, and rules for existing agreement holder’s, that come into effect on 1 January 2024.

You should also read the 2022 addendum for changes made to your terms and conditions in 2022.

These changes affect the 2nd edition (2008), 3rd edition (2010) and 4th edition (2013), Entry Level, Organic Entry Level, Uplands Entry Level and Higher Level Stewardship handbooks.

Published 6 December 2023