There are some changes to the Basic Payment Scheme (BSP) rules that apply from 2021 onwards, which are outlined below:
- Removal of greening requirement: all 3 greening requirements have been removed – crop diversification, Ecological Focus Areas and the greening permanent grassland rules
- Removal of cross-border applications: RPA will process and pay your English entitlements only
- Removal of entitlement usage rules: removes the entitlement expiry usage rules from 2021 onwards
- Supporting documents: Accepted until 11 June, without reductions or penalties being applied to your application
- Amend your application: amendments to an applications accepted up to 11 June, without applying reductions or penalties, as long as the original application was submitted by 17 May deadline.
- Force majeure: notification period extended from 15 days to 8 weeks
- BPS 2021 payments: will have reductions applied to them as set out in the Farming is Changing leaflet.
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If you have any questions or require more information please do not hesitate to contact Georgina Bush or Hennie Carter on 01285 883 740.
