Form: Express interest in Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Grant
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This is an expression-of-interest form for the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT), a UK agri-environment scheme that funds landowners and farmers to adopt sustainable land management practices. Eligible applicants are primarily farmers, landowners, and rural businesses seeking to improve biodiversity, water quality, soil health, and other environmental outcomes on their land.
About this grant
The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier is a grant scheme supporting landowners, farmers and rural businesses across England to adopt sustainable management practices. Funding backs improvements to biodiversity, water quality and soil health on eligible land. Applicants must own or control land meeting the scheme's minimum size and eligibility requirements. This form invites expressions of interest in specific topics before a full application can be submitted. Those selected to proceed must commit to implementing agreed environmental practices, typically for five years. Individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, nonprofits and local authorities may apply. The form opens on 13 August 2026.
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- Eligibility covers organisations in GB; individual, sme, nonprofit, local-authority. The full eligibility conditions are part of the Pro detail.
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