Key Dates
Small Grants Efficiency
- Opens 3 March 2025
- Closes 11 April 2025
Single Application Form (SAF) 2025 available on RPW Online
- Opens 3 March 2025
- Closes 5 May 2025 or 9 June 2025 with late penalties
Small Grants - Woodland Creation
- Opens 3 March 2025
- Closes 11 April 2025
Single Application Form (SAF) 2025
Single Application Form (SAF) 2025 will be available from 3 March 2025. The deadline for submitting your SAF is midnight 15 May 2025, or by 9 June 2025 with late penalties. A SAF cannot be submitted or accepted after 9 June 2025.
Transfer of BPS Entitlements 2025
The 2025 transfer window of BPS entitlements is open, with Transfer of Entitlements forms available on the RPW Online account.
Cross Compliance 2025
Cross Compliance Factsheets and Verifiable Standards have been updated for 2025 to reflect changes to the requirements from 1 January 2025, good practice and to clarify wording. The revised documents are available on the Welsh Government website.
The vast majority of Cross Compliance rules continue to apply as in 2024; however, you should regularly check and review the Cross Compliance regulations to ensure you remain compliant.
RPW Online - GOV.UK One Login
Rural Payments Wales (RPW) is currently developing a new system for customers to access RPW Online using GOV.UK One Login. As all individuals using RPW Online will need their own login information, please ensure in advance all individual details are up to date and correct on your RPW Online account Individual Details tab. RPW will be writing out to customers in February 2025 regarding the implementation of One Login.
All Wales Avian Influenza Prevention Zone Introduced
There have been no cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) confirmed in poultry or other kept birds in Wales so far this outbreak season. However, the number of cases in poultry flocks continues to increase across Great Britain and there is a heightened risk of transmission from wild to kept birds. As such an all-Wales Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been introduced under Article 6 of the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2006.
Heather and Grass Burning – Plan Ahead, Stay in Control, Do it Safely
Burning should be carried out under controlled conditions and within the permitted periods. Burning is only allowed during the following periods:
- 1 October to 31 March in the uplands
- 1 November to 15 March elsewhere.
To help you plan ahead, stay in control and do it safely, a Burning Management Plan must be produced and followed for all proposed burns. Plans do not have to be submitted but an up-to-date copy must be available for inspection on request.
The Heather and Grass Burning Code for Wales provides advice on best practice. The Code, along with the Burning Management Plan template, is available on the Welsh Government website at: gov.wales/heather-grass-burning
SAF Digital Assistance
Our regional offices are open to the public strictly by appointment only. If you need additional support, particularly if you are completing the SAF for the first time the Customer Contact Centre can provide telephone support. The Customer Contact Centre can also make a ‘Digital Assistance’ appointment, if necessary, for you to attend a regional office where a member of staff can guide you through the process.
Have your say on Wales’ new timber strategy
With global demand for timber set to quadruple by 2050, how can Wales benefit from expected growth while future proofing its forests? That is the question Welsh Government would like your views on ahead of launching a timber industrial strategy later this year. Feed in your views.