Our advisors can provide professional advice with regard to all government Environmental Schemes, past and present, including Countryside Stewardship (CS), Higher Level (HLS) Environmental Stewardship, Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) and England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO). Since 2005, we have helped over 900 farmers and landowners apply successfully for Stewardship agreements. With our own in-house ecologists, we are unique among land agents in being able to offer a complete service.
Countryside Stewardship is the Government’s flagship on-farm environmental and woodland scheme. Our comprehensive range of services includes:
DEFRA have announced that the new & expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 offer is coming out in the next few weeks.
The Sustainable Farming Incentive pays farmers and land managers to take up or maintain sustainable farming and land management practices that protect and benefit the environment, support food production and improve productivity.
The expanded SFI offer which was recently published will be available to farmers from the end of July and is open to new entrants for the first time. Initially comprising 102 actions, including over 20 new options to support more sustainable food production.
The SFI actions in the expanded offer include:
The actions from the SFI 2023 offer.
New actions such as tillage farming and precision farming.
Actions previously offered under Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier to streamline the application process for farmers.
This scheme provides grants for projects undertaken by farmers in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Projects should aim to deliver one or more of the following:
We can advise on the likely success of a proposed project and help with the application process.
The Environmental Stewardship Scheme ran from 2005 to 2014 and is now closed to new entrants. H&H Land & Estates can provide ongoing practical advice on managing your HLS agreement, including:
