{"id":79378,"date":"2017-03-01T12:53:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8b4897e93df38f262cb1baaf99d48f74"},"modified":"2017-03-01T12:53:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:53:13","slug":"press-release-apply-for-hedgerows-boundaries-and-woodland-management-plan-grants-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79378","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Apply for hedgerows, boundaries, and woodland management plan grants online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Applicants can apply through the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralpayments.service.gov.uk\/\">Rural Payments service<\/a>. The online service allows those applying to log on at a time that suits them to submit applications for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/countryside-stewardship-hedgerows-and-boundaries-grant-manual-2017\">hedgerows and boundaries grant<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/countryside-stewardship-woodland-management-plan-grant-manual-2017\">woodland management plan grant<\/a>. Applications can be saved and returned at the applicant\u2019s convenience. The online service ensures only eligible fields are included. Instant confirmation is provided once an applicant submits an application.<\/p>\n<p>Customers who already apply for Basic Payment Scheme (<abbr title=\"Basic Payment Scheme\">BPS<\/abbr>) online should find submitting an online application familiar and the service easy to use. Last year 80% of <abbr title=\"Basic Payment Scheme\">BPS<\/abbr> applicants took advantage of applying online.<\/p>\n<p>The woodland management plan grant is open all year round for applications. This year the hedgerow and boundaries grant opened on 1 February and closes on 28 April.<\/p>\n<p>Support is available from Natural England via the Rural Payments helpline on 03000 200 301.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst applicants are encouraged to use the online service, paper applications will still be accepted for the hedgerows and boundaries grant and the woodland management plan grant.<\/p>\n<p>The online service will be extended in spring 2017, when customers will have the option to submit their Countryside Stewardship annual revenue and capital claims.<\/p>\n<p>For enquiries (media only) contact: Mary Tomlinson, Senior Press Officer, Natural England. Email: mary.tomlinson@naturalengland.org.uk Telephone: 07771 834 975.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 1 March 2017 applicants for the hedgerows and boundaries and woodland management plan grants can apply online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}