The Countryside Stewardship (CS) claim deadline has been extended by one month to 15 June 2018. This means CS agreement holders have an extra month to submit their CS annual claim. The original deadline for Natural England to receive these by was May 15 2018.
The claim deadline extension does not apply to Environmental Stewardship claims or Basic Payment Scheme 2018 applications. Both of these must be submitted by May 15 to avoid late claim penalties.
Farmers and land managers who are waiting for their CS agreement offer will be notified soon about whether or not their application was successful. Natural England is working to send out the remaining agreement offers by the end of May, and successful candidates will need to accept their agreements and send in a claim by June 15.
Natural England is writing to all Countryside Stewardship agreement holders and applicants awaiting their agreement to inform them of the one month extension. The extra month also means that customers who need to make any changes to the maps on their agreement offer or raise any other queries with Natural England have time to do so.
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