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Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.
Find out how to contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) about SFI.
Use the Transfer In and Transfer Out forms to let us know about land that is transferring into or out of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
Agreement holders with the education access option should submit an declaration form for each visit to their site.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage deer on your land for capital grants payments.
Form for Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holders to request a minor and temporary adjustment to the requirements for the options in their agreement.
Complete these templates to help create, improve or manage an agroforestry system on your land.
Use this form if you have a query about your Countryside Stewardship (CS) application, agreement or claim.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage invasive non-native plant species on your land for capital grants payments.
Use this form to apply for a Woodland Management Plan grant.
Apply for approval to claim the subsidy and make a claim.
Complete the templates to help monitor and manage grey squirrel on your land for capital grants payments.
Find out what livestock records Countryside Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
Use this form to apply for a Higher Tier Capital Grant.
Use this form for applications where the applicant does not have management control over all or part of the land for the full length of a potential agreement.
Use this form to apply for a Woodland Tree Health grant.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage American mink on your land for capital grants payments.
Use this form to identify maintenance work and show work undertaken on traditional farm buildings as part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
For farmers and land managers to assess if land is eligible for permanent grassland options GS2, GS5, GS6 or OT2.
Use this assessment form for Countryside Stewardship applications or agreements that include HS1 or HS8 options.
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