The Environmental Land Management scheme is offering three types of grants to help with land management.

1) Sustainable Farming Incentive

Availability of between £10 and £732 per hectare, depending on action.

SFI is a 3-year agreement made up of a choice of environmental land management actions you need to complete to receive payment. These actions will help you manage your land in a more sustainable way. The number of actions will expand each year until the full range is available by 2024.

If you are eligible, you can apply for up to 23 actions for:

• soil health
• moorland assessment
• hedgerows
• integrated pest management
• nutrient management
• farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land
• farmland wildlife on improved grassland
• buffer strips
• low input grassland

Eligibility:

If you were eligible for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2022 or 2023, you'll be able to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).

For more information, and application, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sustainable-farming-incentive-guidance

2) Countryside Stewardship

This project contains a number of different grants which vary in value according to the type of action chosen to take.

You can apply for Countryside Stewardship to get paid to:

• increase biodiversity
• improve habitat
• expand woodland areas
• improve water quality
• improve air quality
• improve natural flood management

More information and guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countryside-stewardship-get-funding-to-protect-and-improve-the-land-you-manage

A full list of actions, and applications, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants

3) Landscape Recovery

Landscape Recovery pays groups of farmers and land managers to do long-term, large-scale projects together. Land must be in England and consist of at least 500 connected hectares.

A total of £15 million will be shared between 25 chosen projects.

You can apply to join the Landscape Recovery scheme if you're planning to do a landscape-scale project that supports:

• net zero carbon emissions
• protected sites
• wildlife-rich habitat

More information and guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-landscape-recovery-funding