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Countryside Stewardship

Start preparing for your Rural Payments applications and claims

Open laptop on a desk with the screen showing the 'Make or update a rural payments claim' page on GOV.UK

In February 2022 applications will open for new Countryside Stewardship agreements, and from March 2022 you will be able to apply for Basic Payment Scheme 2022 and to submit Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship revenue claims. To make sure that …

An update on payments for our land schemes

Limestone farming landscape near Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales

December is an important time of the year for farming communities and the Agency. We started to release payments on our land schemes (Basic Payment Scheme, Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship) annual claims from 1 December. This represents the culmination …

MP Roundtable with the RPA - Richard Holden MP (North West Durham)

Roundtable event with Richard Holden MP, Paul Caldwell and members of the senior RPA team

We held the second of our ‘MP Roundtable with the RPA’ events on 27 August with Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham. Held at St Thomas Hall in Stanhope, Paul Caldwell, our CEO, Ali Johnson, an RPA Director, members …

MP Roundtable with the RPA - Kevin Hollinrake MP (Thirsk and Malton)

Paul Caldwell and Kevin Hollinrake MP at Roundtable event

We held the first of our ‘MP Roundtable with the RPA’ events on 30 July with Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton. Held at the Galtres Centre in Easingwold, Paul Caldwell, our CEO, Rozanne Kidd, an RPA Director, members …

Three easy steps in 5 minutes – Catchment Sensitive Farming partnership support for your Countryside Stewardship application

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James Pick in an arable field on his farm

The Rural Payments Agency took on administration of Countryside Stewardship in October 2018 and we have continued to work closely with the Catchment Sensitive Farming partnership. In today's guest blog we hear from Jonathan Payne, Linda Bratley and James Pick. …

How to update your details in the Rural Payments Service

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Change permissions on the Rural Payments service

It’s important to keep your contact details updated in the Rural Payments Service as we will use these to contact you about important issues. When you sign into the Rural Payments Service, go to ‘Your businesses’ and click ‘View and …

How to allow someone to act on your behalf in the Rural Payments Service

Change permissions on the Rural Payments service

Watch our short video that explains how to add people to your business and update their permissions level on the Rural Payment service.
https://youtu.be/lYr-OuK9WWQ