UP3 is an action under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. It pays £55 per year for management of moorland.

* Graze the land only in accordance with the stocking calendar , adhering to minimum and maximum stocking rates for each month and animal type.

* Manage vegetation by burning or cutting using agreed practices.

* Prevent the spread of bracken or scrub on historic or archaeological sites.

* Carry out a wildfire risk assessment.

* Do not plough, harrow, roll, cultivate, re-seed, apply fertilisers, manures, lime, or use pesticides (other than as prescribed).

You must send the following with your application:

a map of permitted access routes - you can mark these on any map, including your Farm Environment Record (FER)

On your annual claim you must declare that you have not carried out any activities prohibited by the option requirements.

You must keep the following records and supply them on request:

* copies of the Wildfire Risk Assessment and, where required, the Wildfire Response Plan (agreed with fire service) and Wildfire Management Plan - for guidance and example plans see the Uplands Management Group template or Forestry Commission’s guide

UP3 pays £55 per year.

It is available for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier on whole or part parcels, but only on parcels: above the Moorland Line that cross the Moorland Line that contribute to a single grazing unit above the Moorland Line that contain one or more moorland priority habitats or species * above the stock-proof boundary of enclosed in-bye land that contain semi-natural moorland habitat vegetation (for example allotments, intakes or newtakes)

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