Environmental Stewardship Scheme
(asked on 15th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations Natural England is required to conduct before accepting an application for an Environmental Stewardship Scheme.
This question was answered on 22nd June 2015
The Environmental Stewardship Scheme closed to new applicants in 2014. Natural England worked closely with statutory and non-statutory interested parties when negotiating agreement offers. The Environmental Stewardship scheme handbooks explained to applicants their responsibilities regarding negotiating and obtaining consents.