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The leaflet follows the one published in December 2014. It provides more details on

the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) 2014–2020, as well as important

information for current Environmental Stewardship agreement holders.

Each CAP Reform Countdown leaflet is designed to build on the one before it and

is intended to be read as part of a series of updates. 

Previous leaflets are on GOV.UK at www.gov.uk/cap-reform

When full scheme guidance for each is published, it will replace the detail in these leaflets.


The Rural Development Programme for England 2014–2020

The new Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) was formally agreed by the

European Commission on 13 February.

Under the RDPE, we will be investing at least £3.5 billion in rural development schemes

until 2020. This includes around £2.1 billion on existing environmental schemes and

around £900 million on Countryside Stewardship, which will help rural businesses

improve the countryside environment.

The RDPE is made up of four elements:

Countryside Stewardship

Countryside Productivity

Growth Programme

LEADER

We introduced Countryside Stewardship in our December update. Here, we provide

more information about Countryside Stewardship in 2015 and 2016, along with the latest

information about Countryside Productivity, the Growth Programme and LEADER