Mid tier - have you been accepted?

[Dairyfarmer2016]

Did they offer everything that you applied for? Still waiting for ours

 

[Overby]

Got offer yesterday. All as requested, incl quite a bit of capital.

 

[Jerry]

Did they offer everything that you applied for? Still waiting for ours

Yes I think so, just skim read it so far but I think it is all there, about 50% is capital, mainly fencing, gates, water troughs.

 

[crazy_bull]

Always best to email then you have a paper trail.

I found that out when we had issues with missing fields and they had no notes about my phone calls.

To add to this, follow all conversations with a summary email. And save screen shots of emails sent and recieved as outlook seems hit and miss with saving correspondence, screen shots saved a 'lost' application....,.

However despite our successful application, on reading the various annex sections most of our sections are precluded as we are in HLS ( fair enough).......

Howevear all is not lost...... next year apparently they are re opening existing HLS agreements for capital grants upto £20k (I think).....

So despite having the opportunity to tie us up for another stretch they are happy to to let the cash flow freely in the last year of a 10 year agreement , then let us go for the next Scheme the year after.....


Happy days if I am reading it correctly ......




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Sub note:
We inherited an existing HLS scheme that was barely fit for purpose with virtually no capital monies claimed, yet they refused o allow a break clause without full repayment of all monies claimed, including previous owners claims!, ( I do get the theory as it was a 10 yr contract so factually correct, however.......) ......


Do love a good box ticking exercise..


CB