

Changes to Countryside Stewardship Payment Rates
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The Rural Payments Agency has recently announced changes to the Countryside Stewardship Scheme payment rates, effective from 1st January 2022.
Robinson & Hall, Land and Property Professionals based in Bedfordshire share the changes…
If you have an agreement, or an application for an agreement which starts on or before 1st January 2022 then where the payment rate has:
· increased, the new rate will be paid
· decreased, the existing rate shown on the agreement will be paid
· not changed, the existing rate shown on the agreement will be paid
For new agreements starting from 1st January 2023, all the new payment rates will apply.
The main payment rate changes are as detailed below:
Revenue Option
Revenue Option Title |
Old Rate (£) |
Rate for agreements starting on or |
Rate for agreements starting on or |
AB1 |
Nectar flower mix |
511 |
579 |
579 |
AB2 |
Basic overwinter stubble |
84 |
84 |
58 |
AB6 |
Enhanced overwinter stubble |
436 |
493 |
493 |
AB8 |
Flower rich margins and plots |
539 |
628 |
628 |
AB9 |
Winter bird food |
640 |
640 |
640 |
AB12 |
Supplementary winter feeding for |
632 |
657 |
657 |
AB15 |
Two year sown legume fallow |
522 |
569 |
569 |
BE3 |
Management of hedgerows |
8 |
9 |
9 |
GS2 |
Permanent grassland with very low |
95 |
132 |
132 |
GS4 |
Legume and herb-rich swards |
309 |
358 |
358 |
HS2 |
Take historic and archaeological |
425 |
459 |
459 |
SW1 |
4 – 6m buffer strip on cultivated land |
353 |
419 |
419 |
SW4 |
12 – 24m watercourse buffer strip on |
512 |
578 |
578 |
The full list of changes can be found here.
There are no plans for the payment rates for capital items to be changed.
For more information or to find out how our Rural Property & Business department can help you, please contact 01234 352201 or email bedford@robinsonandhall.co.uk