Agri-environment schemes provide funding to farmers and land managers to farm in a way that supports biodiversity, enhances the landscape, and improves the quality of water, air and soil.

Current Schemes: 

Sustainable Farming Incentive – a flexible scheme that is accessible to all farmers and landowners. Rolling applications, three and five year options. The scheme is renewed each year and closed when the budget has been allocated

Farming Investment Fund – large and small-scale grants, for equipment ranging from robotic technology to electric fencing kits. The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) is a competitive scheme that has a six week application window each year.

Farming in Protected Landscapes (FIPL) – projects within the National Park or National Landscapes (aka AONBs). Current scheme available until March 2029.

Woodland Creation Planning Grant – Creating new productive woodland of at least 5ha. Application window open all year round

England Woodland Creation Offer – Application window open all year round

Woodland Management Plan Grants – Application window open all year round

Animal health and welfare review – including follow up endemic disease testing, open all year round until June 2027

Countryside Stewardship – Application windows vary

• Higher Tier – delivery focused on environmentally important and sensitive sites. Capital funding also available. Highly competitive scheme, invitation only.
• Capital Only Grants– application windows open once a year until the budget is fully allocated. Only on parcels free from current live capital works

Past schemes

Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme (MT CSS) – 5 year scheme

Entry Level Stewardship (ELS/OELS/UELS) – 5 year scheme

Higher Level Stewardship (HLS/OHLS) – 10 year scheme

All schemes can co-exist on the same land, as long as no actions are double funded or in conflict with each other 

Please contact us to find out more about agri-environment schemes and how we can help you apply for funding or manage existing schemes.