Guidance

How to make a capital or revenue claim for Countryside Stewardship

Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or using a claim form.

From:
Rural Payments Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Forestry Commission, and Natural England
Published
18 March 2021
Last updated
1115 JuneMarch 2022 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Use this guide to find out How to submit a revenue claim online.

If you are unable claim online, call us to request a Countryside Stewardship revenue claim form.

Use this guide to find out How to complete your CS revenue claim for 2022.

Capital claims

You can submit a capital claim at any time of year. However, this must be:

  • within 3 months of the end of your agreement
  • after the capital work is finished
  • after you have paid for it and the money has left your back account

All the information you need to know about Countryside Stewardship capital claims is in the relevant scheme manual.

You can claim online using the Rural Payments service.

Use this guide to find out How to submit a capital claim online.

If you’re unable to claim online, call us to request a Countryside Stewardship capital claim form.

Use this guide to find out How to complete a capital claim form.

How to return your completed form

forms

You can post or scan and email your completed claim, and any supporting documents and evidence, using our contact details.

Use this guide to help you when emailing documents to the Rural Payments Agency.

Contact us

Rural Payments Agency

(Countryside Stewardship)
PO Box 324
Worksop
S95 1DF

Email ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Tel: 03000 200 301

Opening times: 8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges

Published 18 March 2021
Last updated 1115 JuneMarch 2022 + show all updates

  1. Closure of Countryside Stewardship annual revenue claims for 2022.

  2. Updated for CS revenue claims opening on 15 March 2022.

  3. Added link to Countryside Stewardship revenue payment rates from 1 January 2022. Removed information about rotational options.

  4. The revenue claim summary has been updated to show land parcel reference numbers in the rotational options section (Section3).

  5. Edited news to confirm CS revenue claims have closed for 2021. Removed out of date updates.

  6. Edited the information about the deadline for receiving claims as the 17 May deadline has now passed. Removed outdated information about additional helpline dates.

  7. Update call out box to include message about additional helpline opening hours.

  8. Detail added to explain that currently the rotational option section (secton 3) in the revenue claim summary does not contain any land parcel reference numbers. To also explain what to do until 20 July when this will be updated.

  9. RPA opening hours between Thursday 1 April and Tuesday 6 April.

  10. First published.

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