applications to be made to SFI 2024 by those who had started, but not submitted, an application within 2 months of when the scheme suddenly closed on 11th March 2025. We understand this follows a legal challenge by the NFU.
Agreements will be offered to eligible applications subject to the following restrictions:
- only one application may be submitted per farm business
- agreements will be offered up to a maximum value of £9,300 per year for the duration of the agreement (excluding the SFI management payment, which would not count towards the value limit). This maximum value reflects the median average agreement value for existing SFI 2024 agreements
- agreement holders will not be able to add more land to ‘rotational’ SFI actions after Year 1 of their agreement.
Eligible applicants will be contacted by Defra and given a six-week window to make an application. The full statement is here.
