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Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.
Find out how to contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) about SFI.
Form for Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreement holders to request a minor and temporary adjustment to the requirements for the options in their agreement.
Use the Capital Grants application form to apply for a grant for standalone capital items relating to boundaries, trees and orchards, water quality, air quality, and natural flood management.
Use this form to request the transfer of reference data when you have inherited land.
Agreement holders with the education access option should submit an declaration form for each visit to their site.
For farmers and land managers to assess if land is eligible for permanent grassland options GS2, GS5, GS6 or OT2.
Use the Transfer In and Transfer Out forms to let us know about land that is transferring into or out of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
Use this form and guidance to apply for a capital grant for an Implementation Plan (PA1) or Feasibility Study (PA2).
Use this form if you have a query about a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot application, agreement, or payment.
Use this form to apply for a Woodland Management Plan grant.
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applicants should use this form to query a BPS payment or a Delinked Payments Information Statement.
Use this form for applications where the applicant does not have management control over all or part of the land for the full length of a potential agreement.
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.
Use this form to give evidence to support your application for a lump sum payment to leave or retire from farming.
Use this form to change your holding type or land share so you can transfer land online.
Submit this assessment form with Countryside Stewardship applications that include WN5 or WN6 options.
Use this form to apply for a Higher Tier Capital Grant.
Use this form to get permission to take soil samples on a scheduled monument for a Countryside Stewardship application or agreement.
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