questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on the Malvern Hills Trust and other landscape managers of the decision to exclude common land from Sustainable Farming Incentive or Countryside Stewardship Scheme Higher Tier agreements in 2026.
answerText: Defra understands the importance of Common land and recognises the importance of bringing them under these schemes. For technical reasons, commons groups will not be able to apply for SFI on common land when the application window opens later this month o...
heading: Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Sustainable Farming Incentive: Common Land