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Guidance
Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
From:
Natural England
,
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
and
Environment Agency
Published
9 September 2014
Last updated
12 March 2026
—
See all updates
Applies to England
Catchment Sensitive Farming (
CSF
) works with farmers and partners across England to produce food in a way that protects:
water
air
soil
Your
CSF
adviser (
CSFA
) is locally based with an understanding of the challenges farmers face. They will work with you to take the latest advice and tailor it to best benefit your business.
CSF
provides locally informed, confidential, on-farm advice to help you make decisions on:
soil management
nutrient, slurry, and manure management
ammonia emission reduction
farm infrastructure and machinery set-up
pesticide handling
water resources and natural flood management
local environmental priorities
land management
agricultural transition, including grants
Get advice from
CSF
You can ask
CSF
for advice by sending a completed
Catchment Sensitive Farming Advice Request Form
(
PDF
,
461 KB
,
4 pages
)
to
your local mailbox
.
CSF
will reply based on the environmental priorities in your area and will either:
arrange a one to one consultation with your local
CSFA
within an agreed timeframe
link to other sources of advice and information
We focus our support on farms that can make the greatest improvement to water and air quality.
Get help for queries related to
capital grants
.
Local mailboxes
Devon and Cornwall
.
East Midlands
.
Humber
.
North Anglia
.
North East
.
North West
.
Severn
.
South Anglia
.
South East and Thames
.
Wessex
.
1. Devon and Cornwall
csf.devoncornwall@naturalengland.org.uk
Devon
Cornwall
2. East Midlands
csf.eastmidlands@naturalengland.org.uk
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
3. Humber
csf.humber@naturalengland.org.uk
Humberside
North Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
4. North Anglia
csf.northanglia@naturalengland.org.uk
Norfolk
Suffolk
5. North East
csf.northeast@naturalengland.org.uk
Cleveland
Durham
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
6. North west
csf.northwest@naturalengland.org.uk
Cheshire
Cumbria
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Merseyside
7. Severn
csf.severn@naturalengland.org.uk
Gloucestershire
Herefordshire
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Worcestershire
8. South Anglia
csf.southanglia@naturalengland.org.uk
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
North Buckinghamshire
9. South East and Thames
csf.southeastthames@naturalengland.org.uk
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Oxfordshire
Surrey
Sussex
10. Wessex
csf.wessex@naturalengland.org.uk
Bristol
Dorset
Somerset
Wiltshire
Capital items
Applications for Capital Grants 2025 are currently closed.
Read
Capital items: guidance for applicants and agreement holders
for more information.
Working in partnership with
CSF
CSF
also works with a range of partners including:
water companies
local authorities
trade bodies
environmental organisations
river trusts
This work includes:
Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation programme with local authorities and the Environment Agency
part-funding farm advisers in partnership with rivers trusts and National Parks authorities
producing videos, tools and factsheets with Voluntary Initiative and Innovation for Agriculture
If your organisation is interested in working with
CSF
, email
csf.partnerships@naturalengland.org.uk
.
How
CSF
uses your data
For information about how
CSF
uses your data, or to find out how to opt out,
read our privacy notice
.
Updates to this page
Published 9 September 2014
Last updated 12 March 2026
+
show all updates
12 March 2026
The advice request form has been replaced with an with updated version.
5 March 2026
The advice request form has been updated.
14 August 2025
Applications for Capital Grants 2025 are currently closed.
11 July 2025
Applications for Capital Grants 2025 are currently open.
24 June 2025
We’ve updated the process for requesting advice from Catchment Sensitive Farming. You now need to complete the Catchment Sensitive Farming Advice Request Form and email it to your local mailbox.
17 October 2024
Added Bristol to Wessex section.
21 March 2023
Updated the Catchment Sensitive Farming support request form.
18 October 2022
Added North Buckinghamshire to the list of counties under South Anglia.
10 October 2022
Added a list of services offered by Catchment Sensitive Farming.
5 April 2022
Page title changed to: Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers.
Removed section on finding out if your land is in a high priority area.
7 February 2022
Mailbox for the south west region replaced with 2 new mailboxes: Devon and Cornwall, and Wessex.
4 February 2022
Added the section 'Countryside Stewardship 2022: get support and approval before you apply'.
13 December 2021
Changed the content to provide an overview of catchment sensitive farming and made it easier to contact your local adviser.
1 December 2021
Added local adviser contact details.
5 February 2021
Catchment sensitive farming officer support and approval request form added for Countryside Stewardship grants.
23 September 2020
Added 'flood and coastal management' to the list of topics covered by CSF.
2 May 2019
Updated the long-term catchment partnerships table.
30 April 2019
Added Hertfordshire to the long-term catchment partnerships table.
20 November 2018
Added section on how to check if land's in a high priority area.
18 September 2018
CSF is also working to improve air quality.
4 April 2016
Replaced catchment partnerships attachment with updated version.
2 March 2015
Details of new Countryside Stewardship water grant scheme added.
16 December 2014
reminder that final Capital Grant Scheme claims need to be submitted by 31 January 2015.
4 December 2014
added details of new Countryside Stewardship scheme
28 October 2014
Updated Catchment Sensitive Farming officer contact list
9 September 2014
First published.
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