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:

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

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

You may need to:

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

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

get advice from your Forestry Commission woodland officer or Natural England adviser if you have other historic or archaeological features on your agreement land

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.

If asked, you must provide a record of shepherding and stocking activity, and include:

land parcel reference numbers

hectarage

dates you plan to graze during each calendar month

monthly numbers of livestock which will graze the land parcel, including their type and age bracket

a map of the sensitive features

photographs of the management undertaken

For each supplementary feed (due to extreme weather or as agreed), you must provide:

a record of the time and date

the location using maps and photographs

CUP12 pays £43.00 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.