Guidance

Higher Tier manual for 1 January 2020 agreements: Countryside Stewardship

Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2020

• From: Rural Payments Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Forestry England and Natural England
• Published: 10 February 2020
• Last updated: 31 October 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier manual for 1 January 2020 agreements

PDF, 5.04 MB, 172 pages

Full options, descriptions and prescriptions 2020

PDF, 3.4 MB, 860 pages

Countryside Stewardship agreements: modified terms and conditions effective from 1 January 2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/countryside-stewardship-agreements-modified-terms-and-conditions

Details

Effective from 1 January 2023: read the modified terms and conditions for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier and Higher Tier agreements between 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020.

Use the manual to understand the rules and conditions that apply to Higher Tier agreements that stared on 1 January 2020.

Use the Higher Tier and Mid Tier options, supplements and capital items documents:

• to understand the rules for each option, supplement and capital item
• for advice on carrying out options, supplements and capital items

Use Countryside Stewardship (CS) forms to support your agreement.

The manual has portrait and landscape pages. Before printing, select ‘auto rotate’ in your printer settings.

Published 10 February 2020
Last updated 31 October 2022 + show all updates

1. 31 October 2022

   Modified terms and conditions and summary of changes have been published for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier and Higher Tier agreements between 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2020. These are effective from 1 January 2023.

2. 5 January 2022

   Full options, descriptions and prescriptions 2020 published.

3. 23 September 2020

   Higher tier Guidance checked and updated for accessibility

4. 10 February 2020

   First published.