Farmers and land managers can submit new applications for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier agreements, rewarding them for their actions to protect and improve their natural environment.

Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier offers multi-year agreements and one-off grants for over 250 different actions farmers can take to enhance the environment alongside their farming business, from planting and maintaining new hedgerows or woodland through to restoring peatland and moorlands.

Applications for the Higher Tier grant should be submitted by 28 April 2023.