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Guidance: Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier: get ready to apply

Rural Payments Agency

February 12
12:25 2025

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This is preview guidance for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT). It sets out what you can do now to prepare to apply and what funding will be available.

The fullCSHTscheme guidance will be published before applications open in summer 2025.

Read the terms and conditions that you will need to comply with under the scheme.

Updates to this page

Published 11 December 2024
Last updated 12 February 2025 +show all updates
  1. Added section 11.5: 'Check your land use is correct' to the preview guidance. Amended action CWT16 for use on freshwater habitats only.

  2. Amended action CGS4: Herbal leys. You cannot use this action on sites of special scientific interest.

  3. First published.

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