Rural Payments and Services

We are carrying out essential system maintenance this weekend from 5:00pm on Friday 22 March to 7:00am on Monday 25 March.

This will affect the following applications:

• Single Application Form (SAF) – when submitting your SAF application, you will not immediately receive an acknowledgement letter or SAF summary in your comms log.
• Young Farmers Payment – you will be able to upload supporting documents to verify your identity but these will not be available in your comms log until Monday 25 March.
• Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) – claims will be unavailable until 7:00am on Monday 25 March.
• Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) – you can submit a draft AECS application and upload new documents but won’t receive an acknowledgement letter. Any new supporting documents uploaded will not be available until Monday 25 March.

You do not need to take further action.

We apologise for the inconvenience while this necessary work takes place. If you have any questions on this subject, please contact your local area office.