Our Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM) will be the cornerstone of our new agricultural policy. It will transform how we support the agricultural sector by rewarding farmers, foresters and other land managers with public money for public goods.
We are using this document to step up engagement with all of our stakeholders, including the farmers, the foresters and other land managers who look after our land, protect our beautiful environment and produce our great British food. We are committed to co-designing the ELM scheme with these stakeholders to create something that allows business to thrive whilst delivering environmental improvements. We are keen to avoid the mistakes of the CAP and learn from those people who know best.
This document sets out our initial thinking for ELM scheme design, providing an update on progress and overview of high level design options. There are key questions in the document which we would like views and evidence on. This document is not intended to set out the detailed delivery arrangements for ELM. The responses we receive to this document will help to inform the detailed scheme design policy for both our national pilot, which is due to start in late 2021, and for the start of the ELM scheme in 2024. We anticipate that a full consultation on the detailed scheme design with an accompanying impact assessment will be published at a later date.
This conversation is your chance to have a say.