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RLE1 form: how to register land and update digital maps

Use the RLE1 form if you need to register land or change your maps on the Rural Payments service by post.

Updates to this page

From:
Rural Payments Agency, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Forestry Commission
Published:
23 March 2015
Last updated:
4 April 2025
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  1. Link added to creating a sketch map page added to the content list for RLE1 Form Page.

  2. The guidance has been simplified to focus on how to complete the RLE1 form only. Information on when to use the RLE1 form and when to use the Rural Payments service has moved to the publication page. The publication page also has details on how to send your form. Guidance not specifically about completing the form has been removed. Related guidance can now be found under the collection page Registering land and updating digital maps for rural payments

  3. Removal of temporary email RLE1 route and new 'Add land' process

  4. RLE1 form and guidance updated for 2024 (references to BPS removed)

  5. Line added in section 'How to fill in your RLE1 form', Part A. The line give details of the email subject header to use when submitting an RLE1 form in support of a CS Mid Tier application.

  6. Guidance is now provided as an accessible HTML document.

  7. Reviewed and updated for 2022.

  8. RLE1 guidance updated and published.

  9. Removal of 'Hedge guidance' as out of date.

  10. RLE 1 Guidance checked for accessibility

  11. New document 'How to check and change your hedge information v1.0 May 2020' published.

  12. Publication of RLE1 guidance version 3.0 which includes updated information about using the form electronically. 'How to use the electronic form' section on GOV.UK page updated to highlight additional information for the RLE1 form should be included in the return email.

  13. Update to titles of RLE1 form and guidance to show they are for electronic and paper use; clarification of permission levels for submitting an RLE1 form. Update to the previous change note which should have stated: Replaced the RLE1 form with a new version and added guidance about it. Replaced the RLE1 2020 guidance with an updated version that includes instructions on when and how to use the Change land tenure form.

  14. Replaced the RLE1 form with a new version and added guidance about it. During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the RLE1 form can either be downloaded, filled in electronically and then returned as a PDF attached to an email or it can be printed, filled in by hand and returned by post. Replaced the RLE1 guidance 2020 with an updated version that includes instructions on when and how to use the Change land tenure form.

  15. Change land tenure form added.

  16. Publication of RLE1 guidance for 2020.

  17. RPA email address updated on RLE1 form.

  18. Replaced 'How to check and change your hedge information' 2018 guidance with 2019 version. Replaced RLE1 2018 guidance with 2019 version.

  19. How to check and change your hedge information v3.0 added

  20. RLE Guidance Version 2.0 - Updates to ‘How to print your maps’, ‘When to use an RLE1 form to update your maps’, ‘Sending sketch maps to us’, ‘Transferring or removing land’, ‘Land cover changes’, ‘How to check your maps/land parcels’, ‘Part D: Add hedges and trees in a line’ and ‘Part E: Supporting documents’.

  21. New guidance published: 'How to check and change your hedge information'.

  22. Hedges Guidance removed

  23. New guidance published about how to check and change hedge information.

  24. Page and guidance updated

  25. New text added about mapping updates to digital land maps.

  26. Updates to Digital mapping information and new section published called Mapping updates published from July 2017.

  27. RLE1 guidance updated for the BPS 2017 scheme year.

  28. Updated to explain that transfers will now be confirmed online.

  29. Version 2.0 Updated 31 March 2016

  30. Updated to add the 2016 versions of the RLE1 form and guidance

  31. New information about how to transfer land and entitlements online.

  32. Updated to include details about RLE1s for Countryside Stewardship

  33. Updated with deadline extension for telling RPA about features or areas which are permanently ineligible for the Basic Payment Scheme.

  34. Published new versions of the RLE1 form and guidance for the 2015 year.

  35. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

How to use the RLE1 form

HTML

RLE1 form

PDF, 1.17 MB, 8 pages

Creating a sketch map to register land or update your digital maps

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/creating-a-sketch-map-to-register-land-or-update-your-digital-maps

Details

Use the rural land and entitlement (RLE1) form:

  • if you’re unable to use the Rural Payments service – the Rural Payments service is the quickest and most secure way to update your digital maps
  • when transferring or removing land you lease or own less than 100% of
  • if your business is involved in a merger, split (‘scission’) or other change which results in a new business being formed – call the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) for advice

For all other changes see the guidance, Rural Payments service: register land and update digital maps.

If the Rural Payments service shows your holding type as tenant or that you own less than 100% and this is not correct, fill in the change land tenure form.

If a land parcel is already registered with the RPA, you should use the ‘add land’ service to link registered land to your single business identifier (SBI).

Submit your form

Post your completed RLE1 form and supporting documents to the RPA.

We no longer accept RLE1 forms returned as an email attachment as of the end of July 2024.

Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 352
Worksop
S80 9FG

Get help with your form

Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Telephone: 03000 200 301

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