What you must do to get paid for this CSHT action and advice on how to do it.

To apply for this action, you’ll need:

consent from Natural England for any activity on land designated as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI)

consent from the Environment Agency or other responsible bodies for works on hydrological structures

You may need to:

get listed building consent from your local authority to work on a listed structure

agree an implementation plan or feasibility study with your Natural England adviser

get advice from your Historic England, Natural England adviser or local authority if you have other historic or archaeological features on your agreement land

get Scheduled Monument Consent from Historic England for any work on scheduled monuments

get a wildlife licence from Natural England if your activities affect a protected species or their habitat

All historic and archaeological features (including scheduled monuments) are identified in your Historic Environment Farm Environment Record (HEFER).

If you’re a tenant, it’s your responsibility to check whether your tenancy agreement allows you to complete what’s required in the actions you choose. You may need your landlord’s consent.

You must keep evidence to show what you have done to complete this action. If it’s not clear that you have done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) may ask for this evidence.

You must supply the evidence if they ask for it, including:

a map showing existing tracks and routes

photographs of the state of the water meadow and its structural, historic and archaeological features before works start and after the work is complete

before and after photographs of all maintenance works and minor repairs

stock grazing records

receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable

consents or permissions connected with the work records of management activity on the action area for each parcel

structural maintenance plan

CHS7 pays £863.00 per year.

You can do this action on land that’s:

an eligible land type

registered with an eligible land cover on your digital maps

declared with a land use code which is compatible with the eligible land cover

This information is provided by Farmwalk based on published government guidance. Always check the latest guidance on GOV.UK.