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Gaskell, Peter 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8830-5252, Lake, J, Berry, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-7714-5211, Chivers, Charlotte-Anne ORCID: 0000-0003-3267-5558, Lewis, Nick ORCID: 0000-0001-7209-9802, White, P, Smith, K, Haig, S, Kubinakova, Katarina ORCID: 0000-0001-9246-7473 and Henderson, M
(2023)
Assessing the effectiveness and cultural value of Countryside
Stewardship options HS1 and HS8: Final Report.
Technical Report.
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs.
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13804 Gaskell, Lake, Berry, Chivers, Lewis, White, Smith, Haig, Kubinakova, Henderson (2023) Assessing the effectiveness and cultural value of Countryside Stewardship options HS1 and HS8 - Final Report.pdf - Published Version Available under License Open Government. Download (12MB) | Preview |
Abstract
The Agriculture Act of 2020 sets out how farmers and land managers will be rewarded with ‘public money’ for the provision of ‘public goods’ under the Government’s new suite of Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes. From its inception over 30 years ago Agri-Environment Scheme (AES) policy has consistently recognised the importance of protecting and managing the historic environment, including traditional farm buildings (TFBs), to secure a range of public goods for society. As AES policies have developed and evolved, from Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) to Classic Countryside Stewardship (CCS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and Countryside Stewardship (CS), they have incorporated best practice for the management of TFBs learned from evaluations of the previous schemes. Countryside Stewardship is a voluntary scheme and provides financial incentives for farmers and land managers to look after and improve the environment. Countryside Stewardship replaced ES in 2016. In CS there are two options for the maintenance of weatherproof TFBs. The maintenance of weatherproof TFBs (HS1) with a payment of £3.25 per 1m2 and the maintenance of weatherproof TFBs in remote areas (HS8) with a payment of £6.73 per 1m2. Environmental Stewardship is a voluntary scheme that was launched in 2005 and closed to new entrants in 2015. The maintenance of weatherproof TFBs option (D1) was introduced in 2006. The maintenance of weatherproof TFBs in remote locations option (D12) was introduced in February 2010. The D1 option paid £2.00 per 1m2 per year, while the D12 option paid £4.00 per 1m2 per year. Now that the ELM schemes are replacing CS, Natural England (NE) is undertaking an assessment of the maintenance options across CS and ES to identify issues which need to be addressed during the remainder of existing agreements, identify areas of success and inform best practice for the development of ELM schemes and establish baseline data for further monitoring.
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