Countryside Stewardship Annual Claims Now Available If you have a Countryside Stewardship agreement, the annual claim window has now opened, and will close at 11.59pm on 15th May 2026. If we complete your annual claim for you, rest assured we will starting working through our checks on your annual claim and we will be in touch to confirm everything before submitting. Its important to ensure that the land use recorded with Rural Payments is up to date before submitting t