Entry Level Stewardship (ELS)
What are the key features of ELS?
- The aim is to encourage a large number of farmers across a wide area of farmland to deliver simple yet effective environmental management.
- Requires a basic level of environmental management.
- Payment of £30 per hectare, per year across the whole farm (except in extensively grazed upland areas).
- There is a wide range of over 50 options to choose from (e.g. hedgerow management, stone wall maintenance, low input grassland, buffer strips, and arable options), to cover all farming types.
- Five year agreements with automatic payments sent out every six months.
- Straightforward application procedure by completing a Farm Environmental Record (FER).
- Monthly start dates for agreements. Our target is to provide an agreement within three months of receipt of a valid application.
- ELS will be administered by Natural England from regional centres
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2 October, 2006
Page published: 3 March, 2005