The Rural Payments Agency and Land Registration

That was sneaked in, wasn`t it, you bastards.

Suddenly we have to have our land registered otherwise we may as well not bother.

I have now lost count of the number of times I`ve sent form this and form that to the RPA and spoken to a nice chap and/or lady at the RPA in order to get our Single Business Identifier without which we can`t talk sense to our chums at Crockery Hill which is all we`ve ever wanted to do and carry on with Ebor Forestry`s proud tradition of providing easily accessible and multi-functional forestry.

But now we can`t because the form`s not right.

Or the map`s not right.

Or we`re not registered.

Or it was the wrong sort of felt tip on the plan.

Or we can`t accept your plan but we will send you a plan that we like from our plan people and if you could mark your boundary even though we know the boundary already.

Or we can`t accept your plan because the subcpt. boundary has been marked using a line greater than 8mm even though it was otherwise a lovely plan lovingly approved by our plan people and which was sent to you by us.

BEST OF ALL THOUGH!

We won`t pay you your last instalment of a half-a-bob of annual management grant on your tiny little wood unless your land is registered with the RPA even though we signed a legal contract 5 years ago to pay you half a crown in thru`penny bits.

Why do we bother!

For more information about how useful the RPA can be go to

http://www.warmwell.com/rpa.html