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Is there a new scheme up and running yet? If so what's it called this time and have you got a link to the handbook?
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Isnt there a limited pot of money this time for that? I thought I read that you have to something above just bog standard environmental benefits to get it, thus more restrictive and intrusiveIt's called greening. The old HLS has been replaced by Mid Tier & Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship. There is also a Capital Grant scheme too. What you used to get ELS points for will now be EFA - hedges, buffer strips, field corners etc. Mid & Higher Tier will mean extra features over & above what you have for BPS greening.
Is there a new scheme up and running yet? If so what's it called this time and have you got a link to the handbook?
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Is it possible to see on Magic maps or the like whether one is in one of their "target areas"? Also, what happens if one block of land is in a target area and another one isn't?
We're in the north Shropshire Meres and Mosses catchment area, with a lot of our water draining into a large Mere, which is an SSSI, hence being in HLS , with some arable reversion .Try the "What's in my back yard" map on the Environment Agency website too. You might be in a sensitive catchment which will help. I haven't tried Magic recently but it's good for showing things like SSSIs, Ancient Monuments etc.