With 2 weeks left until the 15 May deadline for BPS 2018 applications, here are some important reminders to help you when you apply online or on paper. 1. Read the guidance: some rules and processes have changed for 2018, …
We update our guidance every year, so it’s important to read it to find out what’s changed, before you submit an application or complete a form. All of the guidance is in one place on GOV.UK, so it's easy to …
The woodland creation capital grant is now open for applications. It offers farmers and other land managers up to £6,800 per hectare to plant and protect young trees plus £200 per ha (for ten years) maintenance support for eligible schemes. …
More BPS payments have been made this week taking the total number of claims paid to farmers to 68,572 representing 78.7% of all eligible farmers in England and £1.043 billion, out of a fund of £1.43 billion. Claims will continue …
66,800 farmers in England (77%) had been paid their 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payment by the end of January. The announcement from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) means that over £1 billion of an estimated total fund of £1.43 …
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed that over 33,000 farmers in England have been paid their full 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claim on the first day of the payment window. In what has been a challenging BPS 2015 …
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will have mobile support units at the following farming events this week and next: Cereals, Boothby Graffoe, Nr Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 0AS from 10-11 June 2015 (stand 910) Royal Three Counties, Malvern, The Showground, Malvern, …
With less than a week to go until the June 15th deadline for submitting BPS forms, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has extended the opening hours of its drop-in centres. With many now opening from as early as 5 or …
The RPA has produced a useful checklist of the things you need to do when completing your BPS Application this year.
After listening to feedback from farmers and agents about the process of completing the BPS application form (BP5), we’ve put together a few tips to help you submit your claim.