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Start your FSTP application early and submit it by 15 May to avoid any reduction or delay to your payment.

3 March to 15 May 2025    Single Application & Map Service    

Later in March to 15 May 2025  Entitlement Transfer Service

Environmental Farming Scheme payments cannot be claimed on your Single Application until early April 2025. Please contact us for further information.                                                           

* Single Applications can be submitted up to 9 June. However, Single Applications received between 16 May and 9 June will be penalised by 1% per day. Applications for Regional Reserve received between 16 May and 9 June will be penalised by 4% per day. Penalties are for each working day the application is late.

If you submit your Single Application by the 15 May you can add or remove land up to 31 May without penalty.

Any increases in land notified between 1 June and 9 June will be subject to a penalty.

REMEMBER – A separate additional application is required for Young Farmers’ Payment / Regional Reserve, Small Woodland Grant Scheme, or Environmental Farming Scheme if it is your first time applying for these schemes. Check our website for further information.

You must also opt-in separately for the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme if you have not previously done so. You only have to opt-in once for the scheme. This can be done via the DAERA website.

Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

DAERA MESSAGING SERVICE

In 2025 we will be continuing to increase the use of the secure DAERA Messaging Service as a way of communicating with you as we move from the use of postal letters. You must register for an online DAERA account with either NIDA or Government Gateway so you can continue to receive your communications from DAERA.  Even if you use an Agent to submit your applications it is important that at least one member of your business is a registered online user so that your business can receive notifications of a new DAERA message. On receiving the first email from no-reply@daera-ni.gov.uk, it may appear in the junk folder. If so, please move this email address to your main inbox and/or add it to your address book to ensure you receive DAERA communications.

You can register on the DAERA website at https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/registering-government-gateway-gg-and-nida-accounts  or contact 0300 200 7848 and ask to speak to the Single Application Team for support to get registered or to book an appointment.

If you are already registered with a DAERA account, it is important to keep your e-mail address and phone number up to date. These can be changed online or by phone.