Environmental Stewardship
Index
Please note: Environmental Stewardship does not involve the use of conventional blank application forms. To apply for the scheme you must first contact your local Rural Development Service Business Delivery Centre. They will provide a personalised application form with information such as your name, contact details and details of the land parcels you wish to enter into the scheme already completed.
The forms available on this page are supplementary forms that may be required by some agreement holders.
Further information on the application process is available in the relevant scheme guidance book as follows:-
- Entry Level Stewardship - download the guidance handbook (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Organic Entry Level Stewardship - download the guidance handbook (PDF 2.6 MB)
- Higher Level Stewardship - download the guidance handbook (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Farm Environment Plan - download the guidance handbook (PDF 900 KB)
- New Environmental Stewardship options - download the guidance booklet (PDF 260 KB)
The forms below are available on the Natural England website.
- CS/ES 1 - Countryside Stewardship Scheme/Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Farm educational visit evaluation form
- ERDP/AUTH 1 - Agent authorisation form
- ERDP/ES/LOC 1 - Supplementary land ownership and control form
Entry Level Stewardship/Organic Entry Level Stewardship
- ERDP/ELS/COM 1 - Common land supplementary
application form
- ERDP/ELS/OELS 2 - Derogation notice
- ERDP/OELS/REC 1 - OELS Field parcel reconciliation form
Higher Level Stewardship
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ERDP/HLS 2 - Higher Level Stewardship (and ESA and CSS) derogation request form
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ERDP/HLS/COM 1 - Common land supplementary application form
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ERDP/HLS/LPS1 - Higher Level Stewardship - British Native - Origin Seed form
- ERDP/VAT1 - VAT declaration form
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Page last modified: 12 August 2008
Page published: 3 March 2005