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:

to agree an implementation plan or feasibility study with your Natural England adviser if you intend to carry out moorland restoration

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:

get a wildfire mitigation plan, if required

get a moorland habitat plan agreed with your Natural England adviser for any cutting or burning of heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium

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 archaeological or historic features on your agreement land

All archaeological and historic 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:

management activity on the action area for each parcel

receipted invoices, consents or permissions connected with the work

photographs of the extent of scrub and bracken on any historic and archaeological features on the site before works start

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

CUP3 pays £55.00 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.