Grant or payment · Wales
Single Application Form (SAF) - annual claim window
The yearly online form on RPW Online used to claim the SFS Universal Layer or BPS, organic support and woodland maintenance and premium payments.
- From
- Welsh Government / Rural Payments Wales
- How much
- Depends on the schemes claimed.
- Who can apply
- Farmers and land managers in Wales registered with RPW.
What you’ll need
- Register with Rural Payments Wales (RPW) Online and get a Customer Reference Number (CRN)
- Up-to-date land parcels on RPW Online
- Field use and crop codes for every parcel
How to apply
- Log in to RPW Online when the SAF opens (2026: 2 March)
- Choose SFS or BPS and complete the form
- Submit by the deadline (2026: midnight 15 May; late claims with penalties to 9 June)
SAF 2026 collection last updated 27 February 2026. 2026 window ran 2 March to 15 May 2026. The 2027 SAF dates had not been published as of 30 October 2026; gov.wales describes the window as March to 15 May each year.
Similar schemes
- Capital Production and Efficiency grant (SFS Optional and non-SFS versions) OpenWelsh Government / Rural Payments Wales40% grant towards standard listed equipment such as handling systems, EID and weighing kit, precision spreaders, soil aerators, boreholes and water harvesting equipment.
- Infrastructure and Equipment grant - slurry, nutrient and biosecurity (SFS Optional and non-SFS versions) OpenWelsh Government / Rural Payments WalesGrant for larger farmyard investments such as slurry stores, lagoon covers, low-emission spreaders, manure stores, silage clamps and yard drainage, plus biosecurity facilities for SFS farms.
- SFS Optional: Habitat Review (route to enhanced habitat management funding) OpenWelsh Government / Rural Payments WalesRequest a free farm visit from a field support officer who draws up a five-year habitat management plan and schedule of works, which you can then apply to fund.
- Small Infrastructure grant - yard roofing (SFS Optional and non-SFS versions) OpenWelsh Government / Rural Payments WalesGrant for new roofing over livestock feeding, gathering or manure storage areas to keep clean rainwater out of dirty yards.
- Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2027 - tapered Coming soonWelsh Government / Rural Payments WalesThe legacy BPS for farms that have not joined the SFS, being cut each year until it ends after 2028.
- Integrated Natural Resources Scheme (INRS) Coming soonWelsh Government / Rural Payments WalesCompetitive funding for collaborative groups of farmers, foresters and others to develop and deliver landscape or catchment-scale nature projects; the next window will focus on water quality.
Checked against the official pages on 29 October 2026. Sources: 1, 2, 3. Always read the official page before you apply.