Ending your existing agreement to apply for a new scheme
Published 21 May 2024
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Apply for a new agreement alongside your existing agreement聽
You can apply for an SFI agreement (when the expanded SFI offer opens), to run alongside your existing agreement, if:聽
- you and your land are eligible for each scheme聽聽
- the activities or outcomes you바카라 사이트檙e paid for are compatible聽
- you will not be paid twice for a similar activity or outcome on the same area of land at the same time (known as 바카라 사이트榙ouble funding바카라 사이트�)聽
Read more about the expanded SFI offer.聽
You may also be able to apply for a CS Higher Tier agreement when the scheme opens later this year. Read more about our plans for CS Higher Tier. We will publish more information about CS Higher Tier this summer.聽
End your existing agreement early聽
We may allow you to end your agreement early to move to SFI or CS Higher Tier.聽
CS Mid Tier and HLS agreement holders聽
If you have a CS Mid Tier or HLS agreement, from September you바카라 사이트檒l be able to end your existing agreement early to apply for a SFI agreement. You may also be able to apply for a CS Higher Tier agreement this winter, with the first agreements starting from early 2025. You will not be able to end your existing agreement before September.聽
You바카라 사이트檒l be able to end your existing agreement either:聽
- at the end of your current agreement year and receive the full payment due for that year (subject to meeting the requirements of your agreement)聽
- before the end of your current agreement year, but not receive payment for the part of the current agreement year you바카라 사이트檝e already completed聽
You바카라 사이트檒l be able to choose what land and actions you include in your new agreement, subject to meeting the eligibility rules of the scheme you바카라 사이트檙e applying for. There will not be any requirements for your new agreement to be the same as or similar to the agreement you바카라 사이트檙e ending. If you바카라 사이트檙e eligible to apply for CS Higher Tier actions, you may need specialist advice which you바카라 사이트檒l normally get through Natural England or Forestry Commission.聽聽聽聽
If your existing agreement includes a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) or Scheduled Monument (SM), you바카라 사이트檒l need to keep managing that land in line with the SSSI or . You may be able to apply for funding to manage this land through SFI or CS Higher Tier.聽
We will publish more details this summer about applying to end your existing agreement early.聽
CS Higher Tier agreement holders聽
If you have a CS Higher Tier agreement, you바카라 사이트檒l only be able to close your existing agreement early by exception.聽聽
We will publish more details this summer about when you may be able to end your agreement early.聽
Wait until your existing agreement ends聽
You don바카라 사이트檛 need to end your agreement early. You can wait until it ends and then apply for SFI or CS Higher Tier.聽
If you have a CS Mid Tier or Higher Tier agreement that ends on 31 December 2024, you바카라 사이트檒l be able to apply for a SFI or CS Higher Tier agreement ahead of your agreement ending. We will publish information this summer about how to do this.