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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.
Complete the templates to help monitor and manage grey squirrel on your land for capital grants payments.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage deer on your land for capital grants payments.
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 Transfer In and Transfer Out forms to let us know about land that is transferring into or out of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
Complete the template to help monitor and manage invasive non-native plant species on your land for capital grants payments.
Complete these templates to help create, improve or manage an agroforestry system on your land.
Apply for approval to claim the subsidy and make a claim.
For farmers and land managers to assess if land is eligible for permanent grassland options GS2, GS5, GS6 or OT2.
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if you want an agent to manage your agreement on your behalf.
Use this form to apply for a Higher Tier Capital Grant.
Use this form to query a BPS payment or the BPS 2020-2022 data used to calculate a delinked payment.
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.
Complete this form when you apply for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier supplement CSP9: Support for threatened species
Complete the template to help monitor and manage American mink on your land for capital grants payments.
Use this form to change your holding type or land share in the Rural Payments service.
Use this form to apply for a Woodland Management Plan grant.
Use this form to apply for a Woodland Tree Health grant.
Submit this assessment form with Countryside Stewardship applications that include WN5 or WN6 options.
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