Countryside Stewardship Scheme Agreement Option Points.  This scheme is now close to new applicants. The Countryside Stewardship Scheme was originally an agri-environment scheme run by the United Kingdom Government set up in 1991. In its original form it expired in 2014.   It was relaunched for the Rural Development Programme England (RDPE) 2014-2020 with £3.1bn of government subsidy for agriculture and forestry, replacing the previous Environmental Stewardship scheme.Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.