Guidance

How to apply for BPS 2023 using a paper form (BP5)

Updated 16 March 2023

Applies to England

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This guidance explains how to submit your Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claim using a paper form (form BP5).

You can also apply online. It’s quick and easy, with ‘onscreen Help’ to take you through the process step-by-step.

Once you’ve submitted your application, you can track its progress and can check what stage it’s at.

Last year, 89.5% of applications were made online.

If you applied for BPS in 2022 using a paper form (form BP5), RPA will send you a new form BP5 to fill in. If you have received a paper form but would rather apply online, it’s not too late – telephone us on 03000 200 301 and we will activate your online form.

Updates for 2023

BPS, including the young farmer payment, will continue for the whole 2023 scheme year. BPS is due to end after the 2023 scheme year.

Before you start your application, read the BPS rules for 2023. This includes important information about the end of BPS and updates about:

• delinked payments
• the end of entitlements
• the end of cross-compliance
• the Lump Sum Exit Scheme
• opportunities within other schemes
• payments
• progressive reductions
• Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) (and BPS)
• the end of the GOV.UK Verify sign-in for the Rural Payments service

You should also read the ‘Important dates for BPS 2023’. This gives all the main BPS windows and deadlines.

When to apply

The deadline for us to receive your application is 11:59pm on 15 May 2023.

We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible and well in advance of the deadline. Read the ‘Important dates for BPS 2023’ for more information.

You can submit a late application after 15 May 2023, but penalties will apply. We cannot accept any applications after 11:59pm on 9 June 2023, unless it is accepted due to force majeure and exceptional circumstances.

Outstanding BPS queries from previous years

If you think there is a difference between the amount you were expecting to be paid for BPS 2022, or previous BPS years, and what you have received, or that your entitlements balance is incorrect, we recommend you:

• fill in a BPS payment query form and return it to us by post or email (put ‘BPS payment query form’ as the subject header) – if you have already sent us a query form for 2022 or a previous scheme year, you do not need to send us another one
• carry on with your 2023 application, showing your land at 15 May 2023 – you should use the code of the main crop you intend to grow in the year even if it will be late sown, or declare it as fallow if you do not intend to sow a main crop (read the BPS rules for 2023)

If you had a site visit in 2022 and are not sure what to declare on your 2023 application

You need to make sure you take the results of your site visit into account when you apply – for example, by updating your land use and making sure mapping changes have been made (or that we have received an RLE1 form requesting them). You can do this by checking your digital maps in the Rural Payments service – see annex A for more information.

If you have not had your site visit results yet, you can still apply, showing your land at 15 May 2023. You should use the code of the main crop you intend to grow in the year even if it will be late sown, or declare it as fallow if you do not intend to sow a main crop – read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

If you receive a 2022 site visit report after you have submitted your 2023 application, you can make some changes to your application up to 11:59pm on 9 June 2023 without getting a penalty (as long as you submitted your application by 11:59pm on 15 May 2023). Some changes can also be made after 9 June 2023.

However, you cannot make these changes if:

• you have already been told about any non-compliance affecting the agricultural parcel you want to amend
• a check has revealed a non-compliance affecting the agricultural parcel you want to amend
• you have received advance warning of a site visit

Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

If you are unsure about whether you can make the change, you should request it and we will then decide if it is allowed.

If you have not received a BPS payment for a previous year or claim statement yet and are not sure what to apply for

You need to make your application for 2023 showing your land as at 15 May 2023. You should use the code of the main crop you intend to grow in the year even if it will be late sown, or declare it as fallow if you do not intend to sow a main crop – read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

If you receive a payment and claim statement after you have submitted your 2023 application, you can make some changes to your application up to 11:59pm on 9 June without getting a penalty (as long as you submitted your application by 11:59pm on 15 May 2023). Some changes can also be made after 9 June 2023.

However, you cannot make these changes if:

• you have already been told about any non-compliance affecting the agricultural parcel you want to amend
• a check has revealed a non-compliance affecting the agricultural parcel you want to amend
• you have received advance warning of a site visit

Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

Apply for BPS 2023 by post using form BP5

To apply for the BPS in England in 2023, follow the 4 steps below.

1. Check: your BP5 form and your personal and business details.
2. Change: tell us about land or entitlement transfers and changes to land parcels.
3. Complete: your BP5 application form. Use the continuation booklets if you need extra space.
4. Confirm: send us your BP5 application form (including any supporting evidence or continuation booklets, making sure your SBI number is on anything that you send.

More detail on each of these steps can be found below.

If you need help with your application, telephone us on 03000 200 301.

Read the scheme rules and other guidance

You’ll need to read this guidance to apply for BPS 2023:

• the BPS rules for 2023
• the list of land use codes for BPS 2023
• the form to apply for entitlements under the ‘Young and new farmer’ rules or to prove you’re eligible for the young farmer payment if applying for the first time, or if you have previously applied but your business structure has since changed
• the cross compliance rules for 2023
• Rural Land and Entitlements (RLE1) form and guidance

It’s your responsibility to make sure:

• you meet the scheme rules
• all the eligible land included in your application is correct, to the best of your knowledge
• you hold the correct number of entitlements – refer to the BPS rules for 2023 for more information about entitlements

If you hold an ES or CS agreement or an agreement with the Forestry Commission, you can also refer to the separate guidance on applying for payment on land in BPS and in an agri-environment or woodland agreement.

You can find guidance for the Forestry Commission schemes and BPS in the Forestry Commission’s Guidance on woodland grant schemes and BPS: operations note 42, and Guidance on agri-environment schemes (CS and ES) and BPS.

Check your information

Check your BP5 application form

We have filled in the BP5 application form for you with information we already hold in the Rural Payments service, but you should check the information printed on the form. Some of the information on the form may not be correct, for example if you have any outstanding mapping updates we still need to do.

You need to check your BP5 application form and update it if you find any of the information is wrong or has changed. You are responsible for making sure the information on the application form is correct.

When your BP5 application form is created, the information is pre-populated from the information we currently hold from previous years’ application information and updated mapping information.

You need to make sure:

• you check your digital maps in the Rural Payments service are correct, including the land cover
• all the agricultural areas on your holding which are 0.0100 hectares (ha) or more, are included on the form, even if you are not claiming BPS on that land
• you also include any non-agricultural land, including woodland, you have in agreements under an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS and Farm Woodland Schemes and the National Forest Changing Landscape Scheme
• land in the Woodland Carbon Fund or HS2 Woodland Fund is also included where it is already registered with us
• the land uses for each land parcel you have are on the form – if you have a land parcel with more than one land use, you need to tell us about all the land uses in that parcel, and if there is a permanent non-agricultural feature that is not showing on your maps, you need to sketch this on a map and send it to us with an RLE1 form
• you submit an RLE1 to tell us about land that is now non-agricultural due to being managed as part of an agri-environment or woodland scheme agreement – permanent non-agricultural land needs to be declared on your BPS application under a relevant non-agricultural land use code or under the land use code RD01 where it meets the BPS eligibility criteria
• the area you want to claim payment for BPS in each land parcel is correct (column C8)

All of the land information that we print, or you write, on your application form needs to be to 4 decimal places (for example 1.2775ha). If you have any problems doing this, we recommend you round down rather than using normal rounding rules. For example, if the parcel is 2.47725ha, record it as 2.4772ha, rather than 2.4773ha.

For more information, read the section ‘How to check your BP5 application form’.

Check you’re registered in the Rural Payments service

To receive BPS payments, you need to be registered in the Rural Payments service. If you applied last year, you should already have done this.

If you already have an RPA Identity account, you should log in to the Rural Payments service as normal.

GOV.UK Verify sign-in has closed

If you had a GOV.UK Verify account, you can no longer use it to sign-in to the Rural Payments service – you’ll need to move to RPA Identity.

We contacted all GOV.UK Verify account holders about the changes and explained what they needed to do. Please follow the instructions in your email or letter to move your account from GOV.UK Verify to RPA Identity.

If you are already an RPA Identity account customer you do not need to take any further action.

Sign in to the Rural Payments service

You’ll need your customer reference number (CRN) and password. Click ‘Sign in with your customer reference number and password’. For security, do not share your password with anyone.

Check you can sign in before you plan to make your application. If you’ve forgotten your CRN, telephone our helpline on 03000 200 301. If you have problems signing in to the Rural Payments service, read the section ‘Sign in to the Rural Payment service’ of How to apply for BPS 2023 online.

If you’re new to BPS, telephone the helpline on 03000 200 301 and we will help you to register.

Check your information in the Rural Payments service

You can read more information about making these checks in the ‘Check your information’ section of How to apply for BPS 2023 online.

Check your personal and business details

Check that the personal and business details we hold for you are correct. We’ll use these to contact you or your agent, if you have one, about your application. It’s quicker and easier for us to contact you or your agent using email, so please make sure the email address registered for your business is correct. You can check your details and update them, if necessary, online using the Rural Payments service.

If you cannot do this online, telephone us on 03000 200 301 with your SBI number.

Check your bank account details

It’s important your bank account details are up to date and valid or we will not be able to pay you for BPS and any other schemes you are claiming for.

We’ll use the bank account details we already have to pay you. If these change, and you want to be paid into a different account, you need you need to give us your updated bank account details as soon as you can. You can only do this over the phone – telephone us on 03000 200 301.

You need to have ‘Business details: Full or Make legal changes’ permission level in the Rural Payments service before you ask us to update your bank account details.

It may not be possible to change your details close to the start of payments.

We’ll make payments in sterling only.

Access to your business

You can give someone else ‘access to your business’ in the Rural Payments service to help you make your application (such as an agent).

If you want someone to submit your application for you, they need to be set up in the Rural Payments service with BPS ‘Submit’ permissions.

Check your digital maps

You can use the Rural Payments service to check your digital maps, look at aerial photography for your holding and print maps of individual land parcels. Unfortunately, we cannot send you paper maps of your land.

We may have updated your digital maps since your 2022 application was submitted, using the latest information we have, including aerial photography and Ordnance Survey (OS) map updates. This keeps information about your land up to date and we use it to check any applications you make.

Check this information to make sure it’s correct. If the information is incorrect, you need to fill in an RLE1 form and submit it to us with a sketch map. You can find more information in the RLE1 guidance.

You can see the ‘land cover’ for your land parcels on your digital maps. This will be either arable, permanent pasture, permanent crops or in non-agricultural use. It’s important this information is correct.

To change the land cover for a land parcel, you need to fill in an RLE1 form and a sketch map. Where there is only one land cover for a land parcel, you can call us to update it. You can find more information in the RLE1 guidance.

Change anything that needs updating

Tell us about land and entitlement transfers

The quickest way to tell us about some changes to your land or entitlements is using the Rural Payments service.

Use it for land transfers and entitlement transfers.

You can transfer entitlements or land by sale, gift or lease using the Rural Payments service. Making entitlement or land transfers online, wherever possible, means the information will be updated quicker than if you fill in an RLE1 form. You will also get an acknowledgement once you have completed your transfer and you can check your entitlements position online.

BPS is due to end after the 2023 scheme year. BPS entitlements will end with the BPS scheme.

If you are unable to use the Rural Payments service, you can complete an RLE1 form electronically and email it to us as a PDF email attachment.

Send your electronically completed RLE1 form and any supporting documents by email to ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk.

You can also post an RLE1 form to us.

Rural Payments
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG

Changes to entitlements

Entitlements will end with the BPS scheme. You will need to hold entitlements on 15 May 2023 if you want to use them to claim BPS in 2023. Entitlements will not be needed after this date. This means that you will not be able to make entitlement transfers after 15 May 2023. For land with entitlements or for entitlements only, the ‘effective date of transfer’, or where applicable, the date the lease agreement starts, can be no later than 15 May 2023.

Entitlements will not be needed for delinked payments.

You need to fill in an RLE1 form if you want to:

• sub-lease
• transfer through inheritance
• give up entitlements to RPA
• transfer by sale or as a gift
• transfer by lease

To extend a lease or end it early contact us by email, telephone or post.

Rural Payments Agency (CS)
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG

Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays
Find out about call charges

Only the lessor can extend or end a lease early.

If you cannot use the online service, use an RLE1 form. You can download and print the form or you can telephone us on 03000 200 301 if you do not have access to a computer.

Changes to land parcels

You will also need to use an RLE1 form and a sketch map to tell us about:

• adding land parcels not already mapped with us
• amending a permanent land parcel boundary
• splitting a land parcel into 2 or more land parcels (due to a new permanent land parcel boundary)
• merging 2 or more land parcels into one land parcel (due to the removal of a permanent land parcel boundary)
• a permanent non-agricultural feature not already mapped with us
• a permanent non-agricultural feature already mapped with us no longer exists
• transferring a land parcel with an online ‘holding type’ of ‘tenant’ or where less than 100% of the land parcel is owned – if the land parcel shows the holding type as ‘tenant’ or less than 100% owned and this is incorrect, you will need to fill in a Change land tenure form
• changes to land cover (arable, permanent grassland, permanent crops or non-agricultural) including where the change to non-agricultural use has happened under an agri- environment agreement (such as CS), the National Forest Changing Landscapes Scheme, Woodland Carbon Fund or HS2 Woodland Fund – where there is only one land cover for a land parcel you can call us

You’ll also need to use an RLE1 form and sketch map if you disagree with any updates we have made to your land on our digital land maps including:

• changes to a permanent land parcel boundary
• changes to the land cover where there is more than one land cover for a land parcel (Where there is only one land cover for a land parcel you can call us)
• removal of non-agricultural features

There is no deadline for sending your RLE1 and sketch map to tell us you disagree with a mapping update. Read the instructions in the ‘How to check and update your digital maps’ or the ‘Land cover changes’ section of the RLE1 guidance.

You do not need to use an RLE1 form or send us a sketch map to:

• tell us about changes to your eligible land uses in a land parcel
• map any features or options you have in an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES, unless they are a permanent non-agricultural feature for BPS that we have not already mapped
• tell us about features that will only be temporarily non-agricultural (see ‘How to check your BP5 application form’ for more information) – you can do this on the BP5 application form

You can read more information about eligible land and ineligible features in the BPS rules for 2023.

Complete you application

Make any changes you need to on the form by hand, then return the form and any supporting documents to us by post.

Write your SBI on every page you post if it’s not already shown.

Confirm and apply

Send us your application

You need to post your BP5 application form so we receive it by 11:59pm on 15 May 2023 to avoid receiving a penalty (or by 11:59pm on 9 June 2023 with penalties).

Rural Payments
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG

You should:

• keep a copy of everything you send us
• check at the Post Office that you’ve paid the right postage, or your application may be delayed
• consider getting proof of posting as the form is an important document

We cannot accept your BP5 application form or any supporting documents by email.

Confirmation of your paper application

We’ll send you confirmation by post to tell you we have received your form. Contact us if you’ve not received an acknowledgement within 10 working days of sending it to us.

We will acknowledge receipt of the application within 10 working days of receipt. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within 15 working days of posting your form, you should telephone our helpline on 03000 200 301.

We do not send receipts for continuation booklets sent separately to the BPS application. We are not responsible for applications that are delayed or lost in the post.

You should make sure you get an acknowledgement of receipt from us.

Before posting any supporting documents to us, you should put your name and address on the front page, and your SBI on every page. We do not send confirmation receipts for any supporting documents we receive separately from the paper form. We will return any supporting documents to you by post, usually within 3 working days.

Keep a copy of your application and any documents you send to us.

Changing your application after you’ve sent it to us

There are some changes you can make to your application after you have sent it to us – see the BPS rules for 2023 for details of these. The ‘Important dates’ section tells you when you can make changes to your application. Send any changes to us at the address above.

How to check your BP5 application form

The BP5 application form we have sent you is already filled in with the information we hold about your land and entitlements. You are responsible for making sure it is still correct. Make sure you tell us about the land use in each parcel. All the land use codes you need to use are in annexes A and B.

You might need to tell us more about your land and transfer land and entitlements before you make your application. The quickest way to do this is using the Rural Payments service but there are some land changes that you’ll have to use an RLE1 form to tell us about this year. You can find more information about this in the ‘Changes to land parcels’ section.

Remember, entitlements will end with the BPS scheme. You will need to hold entitlements on 15 May 2023 if you want to use them to claim BPS in 2023. Entitlements will not be needed after this date. This means that you will not be able to make entitlement transfers after 15 May 2023.

Remember to declare all the agricultural land and any non-agricultural land in agri-environment schemes such as Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) on your holding when you apply. You can then apply for BPS on as much of your declared eligible land as you want to – you do not need to match the area you apply for with the number of entitlements you have.

There is no penalty if the eligible area you apply for is greater than the number of entitlements you actually have. We will work out your payment based on the lower figure. However, you should not declare more eligible land than you have at your disposal.

Remember, it is your responsibility to make sure:

• you meet the scheme rules
• all the eligible land included in your application is correct
• to the best of your knowledge, you hold the correct number of entitlements

You must claim, and be eligible for, BPS payments in the 2023 scheme year to receive delinked payments for 2024 to 2027. You must also meet the other rules for delinked payments.

Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information about entitlements.

When you receive your BP5 application form, read the ‘Important notes’ on the form first. Where we can, we have already added information to the form in words and figures.

Check the information and make sure it is correct for your 2023 application. If the information we have filled in for you is correct, you do not need to write it in again to confirm it.

You must send back all pages of the BP5 application form, even if some of the pages are blank. In previous years, we’ve had to reject some applications that were submitted with missing pages, so it’s important you submit all the pages in the BP5 application form – even if some are not relevant to you.

Part A: Your business

Check the BP5 application form we have sent you has the right SBI and that the name of the beneficiary (business name) is correct. If it’s not, telephone us on 03000 200 301 and we will arrange for a new form to be sent to you.

It may take up to 2 weeks before you receive your new form. If you would prefer to complete an online application instead, please let us know so we can set it up for you.

Part C: Field data sheet

Check the information we’ve entered for your land parcels is correct and complete.

Columns C3 (Total field size) and C4 (Maximum area eligible for BPS) show the information our land parcel database holds for your land. Do not change the information showing in these columns, even if you think it’s wrong.

Instead, use columns C7 and C6. In:

• C7 (land use in 2023), declare all the agricultural and non-agricultural land uses
• C6 (part field size), declare the areas of all the agricultural and non-agricultural land uses shown in column C7

If you do change columns C3 and C4, it may delay the processing of your BP5 application form. If you think the information in these columns is wrong, this may be because:

• you have already sent us an RLE1 form requesting a change to your land, but this has not been actioned yet – if you have, you do not need to send us a new RLE1 form
• you have not yet sent us an RLE1 form to request a change to your land – if this is the case, you need to send us one now to tell us what needs to be changed
• we have updated your land using the latest information we have, including aerial photography and Ordnance Survey (OS) map updates – this keeps our land information up to date and we use it to check any applications you make, so it’s important you check your maps online because we may have updated them since your application for 2022

The total of all the agricultural and non-agricultural land use areas in column C6 should add up to the correct total field size (C3), taking into account any changes you have told us about on an RLE1 form.

The total of all the eligible land use areas in column C6 should add up to the correct maximum area eligible for BPS (C4), again taking into account any changes you have told us about on an RLE1 form.

You should also check column C8 (Eligible area you want to claim payment for). The area entered for each eligible land use must not exceed the area entered in column C6 for that land use. Where there is more than one eligible land use in a land parcel, the total of the eligible land use areas entered in column C8 for that land parcel must not exceed the total of the eligible land use areas entered at column C6.

Example

Your paper BP5 application form shows:

• C3 (Total field size) = 10.0000ha
• C4 (Maximum area eligible for BPS) = 8.5000ha

You sent an RLE1 form (which has not been actioned yet) asking for a new permanent non-agricultural feature of 0.5000ha to be mapped.

Your new maximum area eligible for BPS should therefore be 8.0000ha.

You should not update the information showing in column C4. Instead, use columns C7 and C6 to give the relevant non-agricultural land use code and area for the new permanent non-agricultural feature.

You do not need to send another RLE1 form as you have already sent one. You should make sure column C8 (Eligible area you want to claim payment for) is reduced to take account of the smaller eligible area of 8.0000ha in this land parcel.

Adding land in Part C

If you need to add a land parcel, use the next available blank line on your Field Data Sheet. Where there are no blank lines, use a continuation booklet for 2023. If you’re adding a land parcel that is not already registered, use an RLE1 form to register it with us (as well as entering it in Part C). When entering a new line, leave columns C3 and C4 blank.

Correcting information we’ve put in Part C

If you need to correct any of the data we’ve filled in for you, do not cross out the information that’s wrong or put an X in column C9. Simply enter the correct information in the blank row below the land parcel at columns C7 and C6.

However, if you need to add other land uses to a land parcel (for example, to show a ‘temporary land parcel split’) use the next available blank line – you need to enter information in columns C2, C3, C4, C6, C7 and C8. You can either enter the whole land parcel with all the different land uses, or just enter the land use which was not pre-printed on the form.

If information is missing for a land parcel, please enter this information in the relevant columns of the blank row below the land parcel. Make sure you add the land use at column C7 and add the correct area into column C6. If we do not have all the required information for a land parcel, we may have to remove it from your application and we may not pay you for it. You need to put the area you want to claim on in column C8.

Where a land parcel has incomplete land cover mapped, the form may be pre-populated with multiple lines for the same land use. If this happens, enter the correct information in the line of data you believe is incorrect.

Land areas in Part C

If you need to add land areas to Part C of your application form, make sure you put them in to 4 decimal places, for example, 10.0100ha.

English payment region

This will display the English BPS payment region for all parcels on a page. More information about the 3 English payment regions is in the BPS rules for 2023.

Where you are adding parcels to a blank page, you should add the English BPS payment region in this box and only add parcels that are in that region.

If you have land on your holding that was declared as agricultural but has since become permanently non-agricultural, fill in an RLE1 form to let us know the land has passed out of agricultural use. More information is in the RLE1 guidance.

C1 – Field name

You do not have to fill in this section. We’ve included it because it may help you when you make your application. If you add field names, we’ll not keep a record of them, as these are for your use only.

C2 – Ordnance Survey map sheet reference and National Grid field number

This needs to contain a 10-character reference, made up of 2 letters, 4 numbers and the final 4 numbers showing the centre of the land parcel (for example, AA1234 1234). We need the whole reference to identify the land parcel.

Land parcel numbers may have changed since last year, which means they may be listed in a different order from last year’s application. You can check them on your digital maps in the Rural Payments service or using your latest maps if you cannot get online. If you are having problems, or cannot get online, telephone us on 03000 200 301.

You need to tell us about additional land you have on your holding that has already been registered with us but is not showing on your BP5 application form, by adding the land parcel onto your form. You need to make sure all the details for the parcel are included. If this land has been transferred to you, make sure the transferor has submitted a transfer request for that parcel or parcels, using the Rural Payments service or an RLE1 form.

If the land you are adding to your application has not yet been registered with us, you need to use an RLE1 form and sketch map to tell us about this land, as well as entering it in Part C.

If you’ve already sent an RLE1 to register land, check online in the Rural Payments service to see if it’s been mapped.

If you cannot get online, call us and we can check for you. If we’ve not actioned your RLE1 form yet, on your BP5 application form put the estimated field number and size from the RLE1 form.

You can tell us about land which you no longer have as part of your holding for BPS 2023 by deleting that parcel from your application form. Read ‘C9 – Cross to delete line’ for more information.

You should use the blank boxes underneath each line of pre-populated data to tell us about changes to that land parcel.

If you have split the parcel this year, use the ‘cross to delete’ box at the end of the row and re-enter the land parcel with the corrected information on a blank row. Otherwise, the additional lines of data can delay processing.

If you need to make a change to some of the pre-populated information for a land parcel, or add missing information, make sure you write all the correct, or missing, information in the blank box underneath the line. Do not use ‘ditto’ marks for the correct information.

Do not make any changes to the information in column C3 or C4. If you do, it may slow us down when we’re working through your application form.

Instead, you should add the correct land uses (both eligible and ineligible) in column C7 and record the associated areas in column C6. Column C6 is called ‘Part field size (ha)’ on the application form but use it to record any updates to information that is incorrect in columns C3 or C4 or to add any new land parcels. You can include whole or part areas in column C6.

You’ll also need to fill in an RLE1 form to tell us about the changes you’ve made, if you have not already done so.

C3 – Total field size

Total field size is the total area of the land parcel based on the area registered with us. This will be shown in hectares – we have put in a figure for you based on the information we hold about your land.

Remember, we use all available data sources including aerial photography and OS map updates to keep our land information up-to-date and to check any applications you make.

Please check this area, making sure that it includes the area of all agricultural and non-agricultural land in the parcel.

If your total land parcel size has changed, do not amend the area provided in column C3. Use columns C6 and C7 to list all of the land uses for the parcel, including their correct areas. You will need to use an RLE1 form and sketch map to tell us about the change to the total size of the parcel. You can increase the size of the area if you need to, for example because a land parcel has been merged with another one and is now larger.

If you have recently sent us an RLE1 form to tell us about land changes but we have not finished working on it yet, column C3 may be incorrect.

C4 – Maximum area eligible for BPS

The maximum area eligible for BPS is the total size of the land parcel (based on the area registered with us) minus the area of any permanent non-agricultural features we have mapped for the land parcel.

You need to make sure that column C4 does not include the area of any permanent non-agricultural areas and features, including any that are new for 2023.

If the maximum area eligible for BPS has changed, do not amend the area provided in column C4. Use column C6 to list all the correct land uses for the parcel and C7 to list the correct areas.

The maximum area eligible for BPS for your land parcel could have increased, for example because:

• the permanent boundary between the land parcel and another land parcel no longer exists (the parcels have been merged)
• a permanent non-agricultural feature no longer exists in the land parcel

If this is the case, do not make any changes to the figure in column C4 on your application form.

What to check in C4

To make sure the figure in column C4 is correct, take the total size of your parcel in column C3 and deduct all the permanent non-agricultural areas and features that add up to 0.0100ha or more.

Remember to include any ‘scattered’ non-agricultural areas and features in this calculation and any area of land under an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES agreement which is ineligible for BPS.

Use columns C6 and C7 to enter the correct land use and areas for the parcel and, if you have not already done so, fill in an RLE1 form to tell us.

When to use an RLE1

If you are using columns C6 and C7 to tell us about any permanent changes to the total land parcel size or the maximum area eligible for BPS in your parcel, you need to fill in an RLE1 form, mark the changes on a sketch map and send them to us (if you have not already done so).

C5 – Part field suffix

This column is for your own use. You can use it to give a reference to each land use in a land parcel, for example parts A, B, C or 1, 2, 3.

C6 – Part field (size of land use in C7)

Check the information in this box. If it’s wrong, use column C6 to tell us about the area of different land uses in a land parcel. If there is only one land use in a land parcel, enter the entire area for that land use.

You can also use it for:

• any corrections to the pre-printed information in columns C3 and C4
• temporary crop splits in land parcels

If you have some of a land parcel at your disposal, and someone else has the other part at their disposal, use column C6 to tell us your share of the parcel.

For example, if you and someone else each have a 50% share of a parcel that is 10.0000ha in size, you would both enter 5.0000ha in column C6.

If both shares of the land parcel are eligible for BPS and both of you want to include the land in your application, you would each enter 5.0000ha in column C8.

If you need to tell us about more than one land use in your ‘share’ of the eligible land, use part fields in columns C5, C6 and C7.

Using part fields

If you are using parts of a land parcel in different ways, declare each of the land uses on a separate line in column C7 and the area of each land use in column C6. The total of all the land use areas in column C6, both agricultural and non-agricultural should add up to the Total field size (C3).

If you need to amend the total field size entered in column C3, do not change the figure on your form but submit an RLE1 form to tell us about the change (if you have not already). Add the area you want to use to activate entitlements for payment for each of the eligible land uses into column C8.

Example

You have a 10.0200ha land parcel with a temporary split (5ha of temporary grassland and 5ha of winter barley) and 2 non-agricultural features (one is ‘temporary’, one is ‘permanent’ and is not mapped with us) both are 0.1000ha in size. You would show the split as follows:

• line 1: C2 enter OS map reference and grid number, C5 enter part field suffix ‘A’, C6 part field size 5.000, C7 Land use TG01, C8 Eligible area to claim is 5.000
• line 2: C5 enter part field suffix ‘B’, C6 enter part field size 5.000, C7 enter land use code AC63, C8 eligible area to claim is 5.000
• line 3: C5 enter part field suffix ‘C’, C6 enter part field size 0.1000, C7 enter land use code NA02, C8 eligible area to claim is 0.0000
• line 4: C5 enter part field suffix ‘D’, C6 enter part field size 0.1000, C7 enter land use code HS01, C8 eligible area to claim is 0.0000

The permanent non-agricultural feature has not been mapped with us, so you need to declare its land use and area in Part C and send an RLE1 form and sketch map to us to tell us about it. You do not need to send an RLE1 form to tell us about the ‘temporary’ non- agricultural feature but do need to give it a land use code in column C7.

Telling us about land use

You need to tell us about the agricultural and non-agricultural land uses for all the land parcels registered to your holding (SBI) on your application, using the appropriate land use code (read ‘C7 – Land use’, below).

If a parcel has only one land use, enter the total area of that land use in column C6 and the land use code in C7. If a parcel has more than one land use, use column C6 to tell us the area of each land use and column C7 to provide each land use code.

C7 – Land use

This column should contain a land use code showing what each area of land is being used for on 15 May 2023. You should use the code of the main crop you intend to grow in the year even if it will be late sown or declare it as fallow if you do not intend to sow a main crop. You need to tell us about all the land uses in each parcel.

There’s a list of all the land use codes you’ll need for BPS in annexes A and B. You can also refer to the Agroforestry and the Basic Payment Scheme guidance.

We will use the information on your land use provided at C6 (part field) and C7 (land use) to work out if you have enough eligible land to apply for BPS.

Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

Land use codes and eligible features

If you have BPS eligible features on your land, such as hedges, dry stone walls, ditches or watercourses meeting the BPS eligibility rules, you should include these under the main land use of the land parcel (cropped area).

Grass strips (such as tracks, strips, margins and headlands) do not need to be identified separately from the main land use of the parcel (the cropped area).

Temporary to permanent grassland: check that grassland, which has been claimed as temporary grass for 5 consecutive years (2018 to 2022 inclusive), is shown as permanent grassland for BPS 2023 (the sixth consecutive year in which the parcel is declared as grass) – as long as it is still grassland and has not been used for a catch crop, and has not been in certain agri-environment scheme options during this time. For more information, read the ‘Temporary grassland’ section in the BPS rules for 2023.

Example

A farmer has a 10ha land parcel with 4 land uses in it:

• 6.4500ha of winter wheat
• 2.1500ha of winter oilseed rape
• 1.3900ha of fallow land
• 0.0100ha of hard standing, which is a permanent non-agricultural feature and has already been mapped with us

The farmer should show 4 land uses on the form:

• label them as ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’ in column C5
• put the size of each land use in column C6
• put the land use code for each use in column C7

You do not need to send us an RLE1 form and sketch map to tell us about the non-agricultural feature, because we already have it mapped.

More information on land use codes is in annexes A and B.

Land use codes and non-agricultural areas and features

How you declare non-agricultural areas and features in Part C will depend on what they are and whether we have them mapped already.

If any permanent non-agricultural areas or features already show on your digital maps in the Rural Payments service and we have included them when we filled in your application form, you do not need to send us an RLE1 form to tell us about them.

Permanent non-agricultural area or feature in a land parcel which is already on your digital maps

Check the area and land use we have provided for the feature. If these need to be changed, give the area a new land use in column C7 and an area in column C6. Enter the area as 0.0000 in column C8. You should also reduce the areas in column C6 for the other land uses for the field to account for this.

Do not change the areas in columns C3 and C4.

You do not need to use an RLE1 form or sketch map to tell us about this unless you needed to change the area in column C6.

Permanent non-agricultural area or feature in a land parcel which is not on your digital maps

Give the non-agricultural area or feature a land use code in column C7 and an area in column C6. Enter the area as 0.0000 in column C8. You should also reduce the areas in column C6 for the other land uses for the field to account for this.

Do not change the areas in columns C3 and C4.

You need to send us an RLE1 form and a sketch map to tell us about these features or areas unless you’ve already done so.

Permanent non-agricultural areas where they cover a whole land parcel and are already shown on your digital maps

Check the area and land use we have provided for the parcel.

If these need to be changed, give the area a new land use code in column C7 and new area in column C6. Enter the area as 0.0000 in column C8. Do not change the area in columns C3 and C4.

You do not need to use an RLE1 form or sketch map to tell us about this unless you needed to change the area in column C6.

Permanent non-agricultural areas where they cover a whole land parcel and are not already shown on your digital maps

Give the area a land use code in column C7 and an area in column C6. Enter the area as 0.0000 in column C8. Do not change the areas in columns C3 and C4.

You need to send us an RLE1 form and a sketch map to tell us about this area, unless you’ve already done so.

Temporary non-agricultural areas or features

Give the area a land use code of NA02 in column C7 and an area in column C6. Enter the area as 0.0000 in column C8. You should also reduce the areas in column C6 for the other land uses for the field to account for this.

You do not need to send us an RLE1 form and a sketch map to tell us about these temporary non-agricultural areas or features.

Which land use codes to use in C7

All the land use codes to use for BPS are in annexes A and B.

Use annex A to find the right land use codes for agricultural land at your disposal for BPS.

Use annex B to find the right land use codes for non-agricultural land under an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as a CS or ES agreement, National Forest Changing Landscapes Scheme, Woodland Carbon Fund or HS2 Woodland Fund.

For agricultural land under your management control for an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES, and not at your disposal for BPS, do not enter a land use code for any land you have that is not at your disposal for BPS. Leave column C7 blank and enter 0.0000 in columns C6 and C8.

For land in a ‘dual use’ situation with another applicant (one of you has the agricultural land at your disposal for BPS and the other has the land under their management control for an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as a CS or ES agreement), you’ll need to agree the land use code for the land parcel with the other applicant. Make sure it is compatible with both BPS and CS or ES agreements. Once this is agreed, the land use code should not be changed, unless you both agree with the change. If you are applying for BPS enter:

• the land use code in column C7
• the area in column C6
• the area to activate in column C8

If you are an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES, agreement holder enter:

• 0.0000 in columns C6 and C8
• the same land use code as the BPS applicant in column C7

If you see ‘unknown cover’ in Part C of your application, enter the correct land use codes as at 15 May 2023. You should use the code of the main crop you intend to grow in the year even if it will be late sown, or declare it as fallow if you do not intent to sow a main crop – read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

Trees and Woodland

If you have land that contains scattered trees or groups of trees but remains agricultural, use an appropriate agricultural land use code from Annex A in column C7. Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information about BPS eligibility and trees on eligible land. You can also refer to the Agroforestry and the Basic Payment Scheme guidance.

If you have trees on land that was agricultural last year but has now become non-agricultural, use an appropriate non-agricultural land use code from annex B (see the sections describing ‘Scattered trees’ and ‘Woodland’).

Land might have become non-agricultural if:

• the trees are scattered in the land parcel and now prevent agricultural activity being carried out in the same way as in a land parcel without trees
• the land has become woodland preventing agricultural activity

If you have woodland under an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES agreement, the National Forest Changing Landscape Scheme, Woodland Carbon Fund or HS2 Woodland Fund, use an appropriate non-agricultural land use from annex B or the land use code RD01 where the woodland meets the BPS eligibility criteria.

Make sure you have followed the Forestry Commission’s Guidance on woodland grant schemes and BPS: operations note 42 or the Guidance on agri-environment agreements (CS and ES) and BPS as appropriate and submitted an RLE1 form and sketch map to amend the land cover of the area.

C8 – Eligible area you want to apply for payment on

You must put all the areas you want to apply for payment into column C8.

You can only use land parcels which have a total eligible area of 0.1000ha or more to apply for BPS. Use column C8 to tell us how much of your eligible area in column C6 you want to use in your application.

The area entered in column C8 for each eligible land use must not exceed the area entered in column C6 for that land use. The total of the areas entered in column C8 for the land parcel must not exceed the total of all the eligible land uses entered in column C4 or column C6.

C9 – Cross to delete line

Only use column C9 if you want to remove a parcel from your application.

For BPS 2023 you can tell us about any land parcels which you no longer wish to claim BPS for. To do this, put an ‘X’ in column C9 to delete the line – this will remove the whole (or part) land parcel from your application.

If you want the land to be permanently removed from your holding, you can remove the land parcel using the Rural Payments service, or by filling in an RLE1 form. If you do not do this, the land parcel will remain linked to your holding.

If you choose to remove the land, either using the Rural Payments service or by completing an RLE1 form, this will completely remove the land parcel from your records. This means you will not be able to claim for payment on that land parcel for either BPS or any of the following agri-environment or national woodland schemes:

• CS
• ES
• SFI
• Habitat Scheme
• English Woodland Grant Scheme
• Farm Woodland Premium Scheme
• National Forest Changing Landscape Scheme
• Woodland Carbon Fund
• HS2 Woodland Fund

Do not remove the land from your holding if you still control the land parcel for one of these schemes. If you remove a land parcel under an existing agri-environment or national woodland scheme agreement (see above list), this may affect your agreement or payment.

The land you remove will not be available for a new application under an agri-environment or woodland scheme, such as CS or ES, unless it is re-registered using an RLE1 form.

If you have common land parcels showing in Part C, you can remove them from your application by adding an ‘X’ in column C9. Common land grazing rights should appear in Part E.

C10 – Your checklist

This column is for your own use and does not form part of your application.

Part E: Common land grazing rights

This part will show any common land grazing rights you have. Check the information is correct. If we’ve filled in information for you and it’s wrong, use the boxes below to correct it.

If your common land grazing rights have changed, please send us evidence of the changes, with your BP5 form. The types of evidence we accept include:

• a solicitor’s letter
• grant of probate
• letters of administration
• holding or ownership deeds
• land registry title documents

Before you fill in this part, read the BPS rules for 2023.

After BPS 2023, you will not need grazing rights or use of a common in future years for delinked payments. You will need to comply with the relevant commons rules and regulations.

E1 and E2 – Common land (CL) number and name

The CL number should always be 2 letters and 4 numbers. If the number you have is not 4 numbers, add zeroes at the front of the number. For example, if the number is ‘123’, put in ‘0123’.

Both the CL number and common land name are registered officially with your local authority.

E3 – Type of commons rights

This shows the type of grazing rights you have by animal type (for example, cattle, sheep or ponies) using the information we have.

If your register entry allows you a choice of animal types (for example, cattle, sheep, ponies), you should convert your rights to livestock units (LUs) and use whichever rights give the highest LU value. This will maximise the number of LUs you can claim on the common.

Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information and for guidance on how to apply if you have New Forest rights. The codes to use are shown in table 1.

Table 1

Description	Code
Cattle	CTTLE
Donkey	DNKYS
Geese	GEESE
Goats	GOATS
Heifers and stirks	HEFER
Horses	HRSES
Poultry (over 6 months)	PLTRY
Pigs	PIGS
Ponies	PONY
Sheep and lambs	SHEEP

If you have separate rights to graze more than one type of animal, you should put each animal type on a separate line. Please note, you are claiming for your right to graze common land. This will not necessarily be the same as what you actually graze on the common.

E4 – Number of rights of this type

This shows the number of animals you have grazing rights for, for the animal type listed at column E3, using the information we have. Read the BPS rules for 2023 for more information.

You do not need to convert your rights to LUs or do any other calculations.

If you need to correct any of the information printed do not give the number of stints or gaits, an area in hectares or the total LU value of your claim, as this can lead to us reducing your claim significantly or removing it entirely. Tell us the number of animals of the type you entered in column E3.

Where rights can be used on more than one common, we will allocate the rights between the commons in proportion to their relative eligible areas. For example, if you have rights to graze 100 cattle (equivalent to 100 LUs) on Common A (150ha eligible area) or Common B (50ha eligible area), we will allocate 75 LU (150 ha/200 ha x 100LU) to Common A and 25LU (50 ha/200ha x 100LU) to Common B.

The information pre-populated in the ‘Commons eligibility checks updated areas’ shows the allocation of rights that was used for BPS 2022 payments. However, if you are declaring split rights for BPS 2023, you should declare the full number of rights held against all of the commons on which the rights can be used (in the above example declare 100 cattle on Common A and 100 cattle on Common B) and we will do the calculation to allocate the rights between the commons for you, using up to date information from the system.

New Forest

If you’re a new farmer in the New Forest, who started commoning in 2022 and will claim BPS on the New Forest for the first time in 2023, you will be allocated a reference amount based on your marking fees paid for 2022.

However, there is a threshold of 20 LUs and you will not be allocated more than this.

You should use your BPS application to declare an interest in the common rights you have in the New Forest and under the ‘Number of rights of this type’, enter ‘9999’.

E5 – Do you own the common?

If you own the common, check that this is shown correctly. If the information we’ve added shows as ‘Yes’, but this is incorrect, put a cross in the ‘No’ box.

If you own the common land, you may be eligible to claim for any surplus eligible area that exists on the common, once the grazing requirements associated with the registered rights on the common have been taken into account.

E6 – Activate entitlements

Check that each line in column E6 is correct if you want to be paid for your common land rights.

E7 – Cross to delete line

Put an ‘X’ in the box if the information is wrong and you need to remove it from your application. You can re-enter information on the next available line if needed.

E8 – Your checklist

This column is for your own use and does not form part of your application.

Part G: Young farmer payment

If you are applying for the young farmer payment for the first time, you need to send us a BPS Young and new farmer application form together with the accountant or solicitor certificate to prove you are a young farmer. We need to receive your application by 11:59pm on 15 May 2023.

If you were assessed as eligible for the young farmer payment in 2022, you do not need to send us another BPS 2023 Young and new farmer application form or any evidence, unless there has been a change to the structure of your business since then.

The same applies if you were assessed as eligible for the young farmer payment in an earlier scheme year but did not apply for the young farmer payment in 2022, and there has been no change to the business structure since you last successfully applied for the young farmer payment.

You will need to confirm there has been no change to the structure of your business in ‘Your declaration and responsibilities’ in Part L of the BP5 form.

If your business structure has changed, you need to send us another BPS 2023 Young and new farmer application form and accountant or solicitor certificate.

You can apply for the young farmer payment for a maximum of 5 years, starting from the year you make your first successful young farmer payment application, provided you meet the criteria above.

After successfully applying for the young farmer payment, if you did not then apply in one or more of your 5 years (or your application was rejected, for example, because you did not provide the required evidence), you are still eligible to apply this year, provided you are still eligible.

BPS 2023 is the last year the young farmer payment is available.

For more information about the young farmer payment and the evidence we need, read the BPS rules for 2023.

Part H: Entitlements

This section is for information only. If you think your entitlements information is wrong, you can check your most up-to-date entitlement position in the Rural Payments service.

If you cannot do this online, telephone us on 03000 200 301.

Remember, you can apply for BPS on as much of your eligible land as you want to – you do not need to match the area you apply for with the number of entitlements you hold.

There is no penalty if the eligible area you apply for is greater than the number of entitlements you actually hold. We will work out your payment based on the number of entitlements matched by eligible land. However, you should not apply for more eligible land than you actually have.

Example

A farmer holds 100 entitlements on 15 May 2023 and declares 120ha of eligible land. 100 entitlements are activated for payment. The additional 20ha of eligible land is not an over- declaration.

Applying for new entitlements as a new or young farmer

If you are a new or young farmer and want to apply for new entitlements, read the BPS rules for 2023 and send us a completed BPS 2023 Young and new farmer application form.

Any new entitlements for new or young farmers will only be available for BPS 2023.

Part K: Other documents you are sending

You can use this section as a checklist if you are sending any supporting documents with your application. If you are not sending any, you do not need to include a ‘0’ in any of the boxes. We do not use the information you record on this part of the form, but it can be helpful for you to make sure you have included everything you need to with your application.

If you are sending us documents to tell us about any hemp you grow, tell us how many documents you are sending in at question ‘6’. For example, if you are sending 5 seed labels, put ‘005’ in question 6.

More information on providing evidence is in the BPS rules for 2023.

Remember to keep a copy of your application and any documents you send to us.

Part L: Your declaration and responsibilities

Read this part before you sign your application. We reserve the right to reject applications if ‘Your declaration and responsibilities’ has been changed

Make sure you:

• sign the BP5 application form
• add your name in block capitals
• have the right permissions to submit the form (in this case ‘BPS Submit’)

If you are acting on behalf of someone else, or even if you are making an application for your business, you need to make sure you have the correct level of permission to sign the application. You can check this in the Rural Payments service or telephone us on 03000 200 301. If your level of permission is incorrect, contact the person who has full permissions for the business to ask them to change this.

In the ‘Relationship to beneficiary’ box, enter one of the following to describe your role:

• agent – if you have been given permission to act on behalf of the person claiming BPS
• trustee – a trustee of the business who is making the BPS claim
• partner – a partner in the business who is making the BPS claim
• director – a director of the business who is making the BPS application
• sole trader

Information for agents acting on someone’s behalf

As part of ‘Your declaration and responsibilities’ you will need to sign to confirm that you have made the beneficiaries aware they are responsible for complying with the conditions.

You also need to make sure you fill in your relationship to the beneficiary and your customer reference number (CRN). If you are not sure where to find your CRN, this is the number you use to log in to Rural Payments. If you are still not sure what this is, telephone us on 03000 200 301.

Using continuation booklets

If you need to tell us more about your land parcels or common land, use continuation booklets. Booklets are available for:

• Part C: Land parcels
• Part E: Common Land

Use the booklets if you cannot fit all the information you need to tell us in these sections of your BP5 application form. You can also get copies by telephoning 03000 200 301.

Please add your SBI number on to all continuation booklets you use.

You can use as many continuation booklets as you need to, but make sure you give each one a number on the front page, starting at 001. For example, if you are sending us 3 booklets (2 for Part C and one for Part E), you can number them as:

• ‘001’ for the first Part C continuation booklet
• ‘002’ for the second Part C continuation booklet
• ‘003’ for the Part E booklet

If you use continuation booklets make sure you fill in all of the relevant pages and send all of the pages to us with your application. It’s important you do this, even if you think some of the pages are not relevant to you or are blank – you need to still return them.

BP5 checklist: What you need to do before you send your application form back

When you post your application form back to us, make sure you:

• have checked all the information and told us about any changes if you need to
• have signed, dated, and entered your name in Part L
• have included any continuation booklets or supporting documents in the envelope with your application (if you need to) and have added your SBI number to each of these supporting documents
• have not removed any pages from your application form (and any continuation booklets), even if you think some of the pages are not relevant to you or are blank
• keep a copy of your application and everything you send us
• send it to the correct address
• have the correct amount of postage on the envelope – we recommend you use recorded delivery when you post your application form to us

If you are updating your BP5, do not:

• use a pencil or felt-tip pen
• use correction fluid
• cross through entire form pages or parts of the form; either leave them blank or use the delete line box
• use your own computer-generated land parcel data sheets
• send us a covering letter unless you need to give us extra information to support your application  

What you’ll get a receipt for

You’ll receive a receipt for any BP5 or RLE1 forms you send us that pass our basic checks. You’ll also receive a receipt for any continuation booklets you send with your BP5 application form, but we will not send a receipt if we receive a continuation booklet separately. We do not send receipts for any other supporting documents.

Our BP5 basic check

We will do a basic check on any BP5 or RLE1 forms you send to us. We will check:

• is the form a paper BP5, application for BPS in England, rather than an online print
• is the paper BP5 a 2023 form
• is the BP5 application form complete and does it contain all the pages

Part A Claimant Details

We will check:

• is there another 9-digit SBI number; or is the SBI not recognised or illegible or altered
• is the business name different; or is it not recognised or illegible or altered or missing

Part C Field Data Sheet (there needs to be either one line of complete data at C, or one at E, or both)

We will check:

• are there any land parcels
• does at least one line of data in Part C of the application contain the minimum of an entry at C2, C3, C4, C7, C8

Part E Common Land Grazing Rights

We will check:

• does the form contain data at Part E
• does at least one line of data in Part E of the application contain an entry at E1, E2, E3, E4, E6

Part L Your Declaration and Responsibilities

We will check:

• if any of the declarations or responsibilities have been amended in any way, we will reject and return the form with a letter
• has the form been signed and a name entered on the form

If we reject your form because it does not pass our basic checks, we’ll return the original form to you with a letter explaining why it failed. You can then update the form and return it to us, within the usual deadlines (see ‘Important dates for BPS 2023’).

Annex A: Agricultural land use codes

Agricultural land use codes for 2023.

Annex B: Non-agricultural land use codes

Non-agricultural land use codes for 2023.