Revenue payment rates from January 2023: Countryside Stewardship

Defra has reviewed and updated Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue payment rates based on current costs.

Where the 2023 rate has increased, the higher revenue payment rate will be paid for:

• revenue agreements starting on or before 1 January 2023
• applications received in 2023

Some payment rates have not changed, therefore your rate will remain the same as the 2022 payment rate.

No revenue payment rates have decreased.

Use the attached table of payments to see the changes.

Details of the changes are also included in the relevant Countryside Stewardship grants for 2023 guidance.

Find out the changes to CS capital payment rates from January 2023.

Contact Rural Payments Agency (RPA)

You can contact RPA by email, phone or post.