Rural Payments and Services

AECS 2022 General deadline and issue with supporting document upload functionality.

Currently there is an issue with the functionality to upload supporting documents to AECS applications in RP&S and unfortunately the issue will not be corrected before the general scheme closing date of midnight tonight (29/04/2022).

Consequently, we are extending the closing date for supporting documents relating to applications submitted by the general deadline to midnight on Thursday 26 May 2022.

The supporting documents can be supplied to the RPID office relevant to the application electronically or in hard copy where the file size is too large to be emailed.

For clarity purposes, the general application window itself will not be extended. All general agri-environment, organics and IPA applications must be submitted before the deadline of midnight 29/04/2022.

As a minimum, please upload the Farm Environment Assessment maps and table to applications before submitting if you are able to.

RPID area office email addresses and contact details can be found using this link

Improving Public Access (IPA)

Supporting documents for IPA applications should be emailed to - ipa@nature.scot

For all supporting documents submitted in the extension period, please include the main location code and application reference in the email title.