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Rural payments: land guidance

Information farmers and land managers need to know about the land they use for rural payment schemes.

Change land tenure form

Use this form to change your holding type or land share so you can transfer land online or make a BPS claim.

Commons eligibility

Read everything you need to know about land cover eligibility checks on common land.

Countryside Stewardship: Mapping guidance for applicants

How to check and update your maps when applying for Countryside Stewardship.

Digital maps in the Rural Payments service – check and change mapping updates

Read this information to find out how to check changes that have been made to your digital maps and what to do if you want to make changes.

Guidance on agri-environment agreements and the Basic Payment Scheme

This guidance answers queries from applicants and agreement holders regarding the Basic Payment Scheme in relation to agri-environment agreements (Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship).

Guidance on woodland grant schemes and BPS: Operations note 42

This guidance answers queries from applicants and agreement holders regarding the Basic Payment Scheme in relation to woodland schemes.

Agroforestry and the Basic Payment Scheme

RLE1 form and guidance

Use the RLE1 form to register new land, make changes to your digital maps, and transfer entitlements by sub-lease or inheritance.

Rural payments: land use codes

Use the relevant land-use codes when you declare land in a rural payments application like the Basic Payment Scheme and Countryside Stewardship.

Published 13 March 2019
Last updated 11 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. 'Rural payments: land use codes 2023' published. No change from 2022.

  2. Link to Land-use codes for 2022 published.

  3. Addition of link to CS: mapping guidance for applicants page.

  4. Addition of link to Land-use codes for 2021.

  5. Addition of Change land tenure form.

  6. Publication of land use codes for 2020.

  7. First published.