Question follow-through · 9101
Countryside Stewardship Scheme and Sustainable Farming Incentive: Common Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who farm on common land are given equitable and swift access to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that those who farm on common land are given equitable and swift access to the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2026
Answer published
DEFRA understands the importance of Commons 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 or ap...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Planning Permission: Biodiversity
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of planning applications her Department expects to remain subject to the biodiversity gain condition once the 0.2 hectare, temporary permission and proposed brownfield