Rural development and land management

Services

Give notice and get consent for a planned activity on a SSSI

Owners and occupiers should use this form to give notice of a planned activity on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) that needs Natural England바카라 사이트檚 permission.
Apply for a capital grants plan

Use the form to apply for a capital grants plan or study.
Rural Development Programme for England

Rural Development Programme for England - funding and current schemes.
Land and groundwater remediation deployment form

Deployment form MPP2 and form guidance.
Agent authorisation: Environmental Stewardship

Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.

Hedgerow management rules: cutting and trimming
- Detailed guide
- 19 February 2025
- Rural Payments Agency
How to stop Japanese knotweed from spreading
- Detailed guide
- 17 February 2023
- Environment Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Natural England
Sites of special scientific interest: managing your land
- Detailed guide
- 15 April 2024
- Natural England
Register and update your details with the Rural Payments Agency
- Detailed guide
- 16 April 2025
- Rural Payments Agency
Countryside hedgerow protection: removing hedgerows
- Detailed guide
- 23 May 2024
- Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Meeting of major landowners to boost nature's recovery
- 21 March 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Press release
바카라 사이트 funding for rural communities set out
- 4 March 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- News story
Environment Secretary announces Land Use Framework
- 31 January 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Speech
바카라 사이트 launches 바카라 사이트渘ational conversation바카라 사이트� on land use
- 31 January 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local 바카라 사이트
- Press release
Farmer fined for failing to finish alternative to conviction
- 21 November 2024
- Environment Agency
- Press release

Rural Economic Bulletin
- 15 April 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
Abandoned metal mines in England: baseline length of rivers and estuaries polluted by harmful metals
- 12 March 2025
- Environment Agency
- Research
Key Rural Issues 2023
- 8 February 2024
- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Official statistics
Independent review of protected site management on Dartmoor
- 13 December 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Independent report
2011 Rural Urban Classification lookup tables for all geographies
- 17 October 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics

Environmental permitting: standard rules consultation number 30
- 1 April 2025
- Environment Agency
- Open consultation
- Closing date 24 June 2025
Heather and grass burning in England
- 31 March 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Open consultation
- Closing date 25 May 2025
Protecting hedgerows in England
- 4 March 2024
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 20 September 2023
Independent review of protected site management on Dartmoor: government response
- 11 April 2024
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Delivering rural opportunity
- 18 March 2024
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations: public register
- 25 February 2025
- Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Transparency
Nature recovery plan summary: MOJ
- 22 April 2024
- Ministry of Justice
- Corporate report
RFI 6621 the number of hectares enrolled in each option of CS
- 1 November 2023
- Rural Payments Agency
- Foi release
RFI 6625 details of applicants & payments made under the Lump Sum Exit Scheme
- 1 November 2023
- Rural Payments Agency
- Foi release
RFI 6623 applications made under the FETF 2023 Productivity & Slurry scheme
- 1 November 2023
- Rural Payments Agency
- Foi release