Application Forms
This webpage contains links to the scheme guidance booklets, forms and other documents you need to be able to maintain an agreement under an ERDP scheme. The ERDP closed at the end of 2006. The guidance and forms below are only intended for use by existing scheme holders. For more information on the current status of ERDP schemes. For more information about the new Rural Development Programme for England.
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Click on the appropriate link below to go to the relevant forms and guidance booklet(s) for that scheme:-
- Environmental Stewardship
- Hill Farm Allowance (HFA)
- English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS)
- Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS)
- Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs)
- Organic Farming Scheme (OFS)
- Woodland Grant Scheme (WGS)
- Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS)
Project Based Schemes
The Project Based Schemes (Rural Enterprise Scheme, Vocational Training Scheme, Processing and Marketing Grant and Energy Crops Producer Groups Scheme, all closed to new applications on 30th June 2006 (more information).
Current agreement holders of these schemes should contact their Regional Development Agency for forms. For Rural Enterprise Scheme and Vocational Training Scheme a copy of the Project Managers Guide is available.
| Environmental Stewardship | |
| Please note: Environmental Stewardship does not involve the use of conventional application and claim forms. To apply for the scheme you must first contact the Natural England Regional Office for your area. They will provide a personalised application form with information such as your name, contact details and details of the land parcels you wish to enter into the scheme already completed. Claim forms are also personalised with known claim details and are sent out at regular intervals, as specified in the relevant scheme handbook, or on request to Natural England Regional Office. The forms available on this page are supplementary forms that may be required by some agreement holders... [Further information] |
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| Agent authorisation form | ERDP/AUTH 1 |
| Supplementary land ownership and control form | ERDP/ES/LOC 1 |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme/Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Farm educational visit evaluation form | CS/ES 1 |
| England Rural Development Programme VAT declaration form | ERDP/VAT1 |
| Entry Level Stewardship/Organic Entry Level Stewardship | |
| Entry Level Stewardship handbook | Guidance booklet |
| Organic Entry Level Stewardship handbook | Guidance booklet |
| Common land supplementary application form | ERDP/ELS/COM 1 |
| Derogation notice | ERDP/ELS/OELS 2 |
| Field parcel reconciliation form | ERDP/OELS/REC 1 |
| Higher Level Stewardship | |
| HIgher Level Stewardship handbook | Guidance booklet |
| Farm Environment Plan handbook | Guidance booklet |
| Higher Level Stewardship (and ESA and CSS) derogation request form | ERDP/HLS 2 |
| Common land supplementary application form | ERDP/HLS/COM 1 |
| Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) | |
| Please note: | |
| Hill Farm Allowance explanatory booklet for 2003 and 2004 | Guidance booklet |
| England Woodland Grant Scheme (eWGS) | |
| Please note: | |
| eWGS | Guidance booklet |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) | |
| Please note: This scheme is closed to new applications and has been replaced by Environmental Stewardship. The forms linked to below are for existing agreement holders to use to continue to manage their agreements. The guidance booklets linked to below are in respect of the 2004 scheme year and are for information purposes only. | |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme 2004: Information booklet (525 kb) |
Guidance Booklet |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme 2004: Example application map (1MB) |
Guidance Booklet |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme 2004: Payment summary sheet (159 kb) |
Guidance Booklet |
| Request for amendment to agreement | ERDP/CSS3 |
| Higher Level Stewardship (and ESA and CSS) derogation request form | ERDP/HLS2 |
| Capital and annual payment claim | ERDP/CSS4 |
| Notification of location of rotational arable options |
ERDP/CSS5 |
| Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) | |
| Please note: This scheme is closed to new applications and has been replaced by Environmental Stewardship. The forms linked to below are for existing agreement holders to use to continue to manage their agreements. The guidance booklet linked to below is for information purposes only. | |
| Environmentally Sensitive Areas Explanatory Notes | Guidance Booklet |
| Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme (Management Agreement/Conservation Plan): supplementary form | ERDP/ESA 1 |
| Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme: Claim form for Management Agreements 2002 | ERDP/ESA 5 |
| Landlord consent for ESA Conservation Plan | ERDP/ESA 10 |
| Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme: Conservation Plan Application | ERDP/ESA/CPA 1 |
| Higher Level Stewardship (and ESA and CSS) derogation request form | ERDP/HLS2 |
| Breckland - claim form for ESA conservation plan | BDESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Broads - claim form for ESA conservation plan | BESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Blackdown Hills - claim form for ESA conservation plan | BHESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Clun - claim form for ESA conservation plan | CESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Cotswold Hills - claim form for ESA conservation plan | CHESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Dartmoor - claim form for ESA conservation plan | DMESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Essex Coast - claim form for ESA conservation plan | ECESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Exmoor - claim form for ESA conservation plan | EXESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Lake District - claim form for ESA conservation plan | LDESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| North Kent - claim form for ESA conservation plan | NKESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| North Peak - claim form for ESA conservation plan | NPESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Pennine Dales - claim form for ESA conservation plan | PDESA 5 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| South Downs - claim form for ESA conservation plan | SDESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Shropshire Hills - claim form for ESA conservation plan | SHESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Somerset Levels and Moors - claim form for ESA conservation plan | SLMESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Suffolk River Valleys - claim form for ESA conservation plan | SRVESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| South Wessex Downs - claim form for ESA conservation plan | SWDESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| South West Peak - claim form for ESA conservation plan | SWPESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Test Valley and Avon Valley - claim form for ESA conservation plan | ATESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Upper Thames Tributaries - claim form for ESA conservation plan | UTTESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| West Penwith - claim form for ESA conservation plan | WPESA 6 - Guidelines for farmers - Information sheet - Scheme prescriptions |
| Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) | |
| Please note: This scheme is closed to new applications and has been replaced by Environmental Stewardship. The forms linked to below are for existing agreement holders to use to continue to manage their agreements. The guidance booklets linked to below are for information purposes only. | |
| England Rural Development Programme - Organic Farming Scheme 2003 - Explanatory Booklet | Guidance booklet |
| Organic Conversion Information Service - Explanatory Booklet | Guidance booklet |
| Example Application Map | Guidance map |
| England Rural Development Programme - Organic Farming Scheme 1999 - annual claim form | ERDP/OFS 5 |
| Woodland Grant Scheme (FWPS) | |
| Please note: This scheme is closed to new applications and has been replaced by the English Woodland Grant Scheme. The forms linked to below are for existing agreement holders to use to continue to manage their agreements. The guidance booklets linked to below are for information purposes only. | |
| WGS stuff | Guidance booklet |
| Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) | |
| Please note: This scheme is closed to new applications and has been replaced by the English Woodland Grant Scheme. The forms linked to below are for existing agreement holders to use to continue to manage their agreements. The guidance booklets linked to below are for information purposes only. | |
| Claim for annual payments (second and subsequent claims) | FWPS 3B |
| FWPS rules and procedures [153KB] |
Guidance booklet |
Page last modified:
14 November, 2007
Page published: 10 December, 2002