Agri-Environment Climate Scheme management options archive
Table of Contents
- Capital items and management options homepage
- Ancient Wood Pasture
- Away Wintering Sheep
- Beetlebanks
- Bracken management
- Buffer Areas for Fens and Bogs
- Buffer Areas for Fens and Lowland Bogs
- Capital Items
- Cattle Management on small units
- Chough Grazing Management
- Chough Mown Grassland
- Conservation management of small units
- Control of Scrub or Woody Vegetation
- Converting Arable at Risk of Erosion or Flooding to Low-input Grassland
- Corn Buntings Mown Grassland
- Corncrake Grazing Management
- Corncrake Mown Grassland
- Creation of Buffer Areas for Fens and Bogs
- Creation of Hedgerows
- Creation of Grass Strips and Water Margins in Arable Fields
- Cropped Machair
- Deer Fence
- Description of land categories
- Forage Brassica Crops for Farmland Birds
- Grass Strips in Arable Fields
- Habitat Mosaic Management
- Heath Management (Coastal, Serpentine, Lowland and Special Interest)
- Hen Harrier Grassland Management
- Organic Farming: Conversion
- Organic Farming: Maintenance
- Lowland Bog Management
- Management of Buffer Areas for Fens and Lowland Bogs
- Management of Cover for Corncrake
- Management of Floodplains
- Management or Restoration of Hedgerows
- Management, Restoration or Creation of Hedgerows
- Managing Scrub of Conservation Value
- Moorland Management
- Pesticide Handling Facilities
- Planting or Replanting of Hedges
- Predator Control
- Restoring Drystone or Flagstone Dykes
- Retention of Winter Stubbles for Wildlife and Water Quality
- River Embankment Removal
- Slurry storage
- Small-scale Tree and Shrub Planting
- Species-rich Grassland Management
- Stock Disposal
- Stubbles Followed by Green Manure in an Arable Rotation
- Summer Hill Grazing of Cattle
- Supporting guidance for Health Management (Serpentine, Lowland and Special Interest)
- Tall-herb Vegetation Management
- Unharvested Conservation Headlands for Wildlife
- Wader and Wildlife Mown Grassland
- Wader Grazed Grassland
- Water Margins in Arable Fields
- Water Margins in Grassland Fields
- Wetland Creation - Pipe Sluices
- Wetland Management
- Wild Bird Seed for Farmland Birds
- Wildcat Friendly Predator Control
Capital items and management options homepage
Ancient Wood Pasture
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 22 December, 2015 to 3 October, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 21 December, 2015 |
Away Wintering Sheep
Beetlebanks
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 19 January, 2017 to 8 November, 2017 |
| 3 February, 2016 to 18 January, 2017 |
| 5 January, 2016 to 2 February, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 4 January, 2016 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 9 December, 205 to 8 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 December, 2015 |
Bracken management
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 9 January, 2017 to 21 January, 2022 |
| 21 December, 2015 to 8 January, 2017 |
| 19 May, 2015 to 20 December, 2015 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 18 May, 2015 |
Buffer Areas for Fens and Bogs
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2017 to 30 November, 2017 |
Buffer Areas for Fens and Lowland Bogs
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 1 December, 2017 to 29 November, 2018 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 30 November, 2017 |
Capital Items
Cattle Management on small units
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 January, 2017 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 31 March, 2015 to 9 December, 2016 |
Chough Grazing Management
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 17 January, 2022 |
| 18 January, 2022 to 19 October, 2023 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 18 January, 2022 to 2 October, 2023 |
| 9 December, 2015 to 17 January, 2022 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 December, 2015 |
Chough Mown Grassland
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 17 January, 2022 |
| 18 January, 2022 to 19 October, 2023 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 18 January, 2022 to 2 October, 2023 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 17 January, 2022 |
Conservation management of small units
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 8 January, 2017 to 10 January, 2018 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 January, 2017 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 9 December, 2016 |
Control of Scrub or Woody Vegetation
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 16 January, 2019 to 13 September, 2023 |
| 1 December, 2017 to 15 January, 2019 |
| 28 May, 2015 to 30 November, 2017 |
Converting Arable at Risk of Erosion or Flooding to Low-input Grassland
Corn Buntings Mown Grassland
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 21 January, 2021 to 20 January, 2022 |
| 20 January, 2017 to 20 January 2021 |
| 5 January, 2016 to 19 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 4 January, 2016 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 24 February, 2022 to 23 January, 2023 |
| 11 December, 2015 to 23 February, 2022 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 10 December, 2015 |
Corncrake Grazing Management
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 5 January, 2016 to 20 January, 2022 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 4 January, 2016 |
Corncrake Mown Grassland
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 5 January, 2016 to 20 January, 2022 |
| 14 December, 2015 to 4 January, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 13 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 13 December, 2015 |
Creation of Buffer Areas for Fens and Bogs
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 1 December, 2017 to 15 November, 2023 |
Creation of Hedgerows
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 21 January, 2023 to 2 October, 2023 |
| 7 December, 2016 to 20 January, 2023 |
| 15 March, 2016 to 6 December, 2016 |
| 30 December, 2015 to 14 March, 2016 |
Creation of Grass Strips and Water Margins in Arable Fields
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March 2015 to 14 January, 2021 |
Cropped Machair
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 2 February, 2016 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 1 November, 2017 |
Deer Fence
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 16 December, 2018 |
Description of land categories
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 17 February, 2016 to 13 September, 2017 |
Forage Brassica Crops for Farmland Birds
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 3 February, 2015 to 8 January, 2017 |
| 5 January, 2016 to 2 February, 2016 |
| 9 December, 2015 to 4 January, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 11 December, 2016 |
Grass Strips in Arable Fields
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 8 March, 2018 to 14 January, 2021 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 7 December, 2018 |
Habitat Mosaic Management
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 26 January, 2017 to 8 November, 2017 |
| 15 December, 2015 to 25 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 14 December, 2015 |
Heath Management (Coastal, Serpentine, Lowland and Special Interest)
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 24 January, 2023 to 12 November, 2023 |
| 22 January, 2022 to 23 January, 2023 |
| 21 December, 2018 to 21 January, 2022 |
Hen Harrier Grassland Management
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 13 December, 2015 |
Organic Farming: Conversion
Organic Farming: Maintenance
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 20 January, 2023 to 5 October, 2023 |
| 14 January, 2021 to 19 January, 2023 |
| 27 January, 2017 to 13 January, 2021 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 27 January, 2017 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 20 January, 2023 to 5 October, 2023 |
| 28 January, 2017 to 19 January, 2023 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 27 January, 2017 |
Lowland Bog Management
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 11 October, 2017 to 5 October, 2023 |
| 17 December, 2015 to 10 October, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 16 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 1 December, 2017 to 29 November, 2018 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 30 November, 2017 |
Management of Buffer Areas for Fens and Lowland Bogs
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 23 November, 2017 to 20 January, 2022 |
| 27 January, 2017 to 22 November, 2017 |
| 17 December, 2015 to 26 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 16 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 November, 2018 to 20 January, 2022 |
Management of Cover for Corncrake
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 5 January, 2016 to 20 January, 2022 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 4 January, 2016 |
Management of Floodplains
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 7 December, 2021 to 13 January, 2023 |
| 14 December, 2015 to 6 December, 2021 |
| 9 June, 2015 to 13 December, 2015 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 June, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 7 December, 2021 to 13 January, 2023 |
| 9 June, 2015 to 26 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 June, 2015 |
Management or Restoration of Hedgerows
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 20 January, 2022 to 8 November, 2023 |
| 19 January, 2017 to 19 January, 2022 |
| 15 March, 2016 to 18 January, 2017 |
| 30 December, 2015 to 14 March, 2016 |
Management, Restoration or Creation of Hedgerows
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 29 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 January, 2017 |
Managing Scrub of Conservation Value
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 18 December, 2015 to 22 December, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 17 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 22 December, 2017 |
Moorland Management
Pesticide Handling Facilities
| Management guidance - dates applicable |
| 9 June, 2015 to 10 October, 2017 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 November, 2018 to 17 June, 2020 |
| 12 October, 2017 to 29 November, 2018 |
Planting or Replanting of Hedges
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 20 November, 2017 to 15 January, 2018 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 20 November, 2017 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 30 November, 2017 |
Predator Control
Restoring Drystone or Flagstone Dykes
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 17 December, 2018 to 20 January, 2023 |
| 21 December, 2015 to 16 December, 2018 |
Retention of Winter Stubbles for Wildlife and Water Quality
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 29 December, 2015 to 8 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 28 December, 2015 |
River Embankment Removal
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 6 December, 2021 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 15 November, 2023 |
Slurry storage
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 27 January, 2023 to 13 February, 2024 |
| 14 January, 2022 to 26 January, 2023 |
| 11 January 2021, to 13 January, 2022 |
Small-scale Tree and Shrub Planting
| Option guidance - dates application |
| 21 November, 2017 to 25 January, 2024 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 20 November, 2017 |
Species-rich Grassland Management
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 9 November, 2017 to 8 November, 2023 |
| 14 December, 2015 to 8 November, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 13 December, 2015 |
Stock Disposal
Stubbles Followed by Green Manure in an Arable Rotation
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 11 December, 2016 to 14 January, 2021 |
| 9 December, 2015 to 10 December, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 December, 2015 |
Summer Hill Grazing of Cattle
Supporting guidance for Health Management (Serpentine, Lowland and Special Interest)
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 20 December, 2018 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 1 November, 2017 |
Tall-herb Vegetation Management
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 23 November, 2017 to 19 January, 2022 |
| 27 January, 2017 to 22 November, 2017 |
| 22 December, 2015 to 26 January, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 21 December, 2015 |
Unharvested Conservation Headlands for Wildlife
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 3 February, 2016 to 19 January, 2021 |
| 6 January, 2016 to 2 February, 2016 |
| 9 December, 2015 to 5 January, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 December, 2015 |
Wader and Wildlife Mown Grassland
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 22 January, 2021 to 12 January, 2022 |
| 11 January, 2019 to 21 January, 2021 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 21 December, 2015 |
Wader Grazed Grassland
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 2 February, 2021 to 12 January, 2022 |
| 14 December, 2015 to 1 February, 2021 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 13 December, 2015 |
Water Margins in Arable Fields
Water Margins in Grassland Fields
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 11 December 2015 to 22 December, 2016 |
| 9 June, 2015 to 10 December, 2015 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 8 June, 2015 |
Wetland Creation - Pipe Sluices
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 30 March, 2015 to 14 September, 2017 |
Wetland Management
| Supporting guidance – dates applicable |
| 23 December, 2016 to 14 November, 2017 |
| 17 December 2015 to 22 December, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 16 December, 2015 |
Wild Bird Seed for Farmland Birds
| Option guidance – dates applicable |
| 3 February, 2016 to 19 January, 2021 |
| 6 January, 2016 to 2 February, 2016 |
| 8 December, 2015 to 5 January, 2016 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 7 December, 2015 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 11 December, 2016 to 19 January, 2022 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 10 December, 2016 |
Wildcat Friendly Predator Control
| Option guidance - dates applicable |
| 13 October, 2017 to 23 January, 2023 |
| 25 January, 2017 to 12 October, 2017 |
| 30 March, 2015 to 24 January, 2017 |
| Supporting guidance - dates applicable |
| 31 March 2015 to 23 January, 2023 |