The Rural Land Register (RLR) is a
database
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of
map
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s showing the ownership of all
agricultural
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land in the
England
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, along with woodland and marginal land on which grants or subsidies are to be claimed.
The database is used by the
Rural Payments Agency
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Prior to Brexit, the RPA delivered the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments to farmers and trad ...
to pay subsidies and grants under schemes including the
Environmental Stewardship Scheme,
Farm Woodland Scheme and the
Single Payment Scheme.
In January 2003 the Government estimated that the costs of the scheme would be 5.5 million
pounds. The system has suffered from delays and problems in registering land.
See also
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Land registry
Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, ...
*
HM Land Registry
His Majesty's Land Registry is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government, created in 1862 to register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. It reports to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Governme ...
References
External links
Rural Land Register
Government databases in the United Kingdom
Agriculture in the United Kingdom
Property law of the United Kingdom
Geographical databases in the United Kingdom
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