Hedges on claim forms.

[64farmer giles]

Just had a look online at maps to see if any field changes this year, no all as they were last year so feeling pleased about that, decided foolishly to look at hedges, some continuous hedges have been split into as many as ten different sections which when I add together TOTAL EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, Now feeling not so pleased, Land use sheet having trouble finding any fields on it amongst all the entries for hedges. Looks like lots of deleting and putting back as one continuous hedge.

 

[yellow belly]

Just had a look online at maps to see if any field changes this year, no all as they were last year so feeling pleased about that, decided foolishly to look at hedges, some continuous hedges have been split into as many as ten different sections which when I add together TOTAL EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR, Now feeling not so pleased, Land use sheet having trouble finding any fields on it amongst all the entries for hedges. Looks like lots of deleting and putting back as one continuous hedge.

Just leave the hedges as they are they will still all count

 

[64farmer giles]

Just leave the hedges as they are they will still all count

Been informed by a " nice" person on the helpline that I cannot leave the hedges as they have put them on the maps because they are wrong, need to download the good old RLE1 form AGAIN and correct all their mistakes AGAIN.

 

[steveR]

Been informed by a " nice" person on the helpline that I cannot leave the hedges as they have put them on the maps because they are wrong, need to download the good old RLE1 form AGAIN and correct all their mistakes AGAIN.

Told the same yesterday at an NFU seminar on BPS.

 

[yellow belly]

if the total length is the right amount of hedge I would not alter what the rpa has
if the length is less than they say then only claim the actuall length on the ground
so if or when they inspect and they measure you have not over claimed
I would also make sure that the total you declare is well over the amount needed for greening if some is disallowed it will not lead to a reduced greening payment

as I see it the more rle1s the longer it takes them and possible late payment
also jobs for the boys