RLR Mapping Update Archive
Welcome to the RLR Mapping Update homepage.
The Rural Land Register (RLR) is a key database for RPA and the wider Defra family and keeping the RLR up-to-date remains one of the Agency’s top priorities. The RLR Mapping Update Project involved sending farmers updated maps of their holdings and asking them to confirm that they were correct or to send us any changes that were required. This exercise was carried out during 2009 and early 2010.
Who was affected by the RLR Mapping Update Project?
Anyone in England who claimed for the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) since 2007 or who was in a current agri-environment scheme agreement that commenced prior to October 2008 should have received new maps. Some farmers or landowners would not have been sent updated maps if a tenant had been claiming on their land; in such cases the tenant would have been sent the maps for that land.
Farmers whose land was inspected, either physically or by remote sensing (satellite imagery), were sent their maps when their inspection results had been processed and the RLR had been updated with the findings.
Why did we do this?
We updated the RLR to help ensure that we pay farmers the right money for their CAP subsidy claims, thus complying with EU requirements.
What does this mean?
This update included a number of improvements to the mapping information held on the RLR, such as:
- Real World Change (RWC) that showed new roads, housing developments, water courses, etc.
- Permanent ineligible features were included in the updated maps, making it easier to highlight and remove them and to help farmers calculate their SPS eligible area.
- Positional Accuracy Improvements (PAI) where plotting points were realigned to the National Grid more accurately. More information about PAI is available at, www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/pai/ (RPA is not responsible for external content).
What happens next?
RPA, Natural England and the Forestry Commission are using the updated maps for scheme payments from 2010; for carrying out farm inspections; and to plan for future online access. Any farmers or landowners who have changes to be made to their RLR maps, should complete and submit an RLE1 form detailing the changes to be made.
Page published: 23 March 2011