Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances
Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances(LFACA)
Explanatory Notes Cover Letter
Support under the scheme will contribute to:
- ensuring continued agricultural land use and, thereby, contributing to the maintenance of a viable rural community;
- maintaining the countryside;
- maintaining and promoting sustainable farming systems which in particular take account of environmental protection requirements.
In short, to claim for LFACA 2012 you must:
The rates for 2011 LFACA were £47.62 per hectare (ph) for Severely Disadvantaged Areas (SDA) land. If you were eligible for the Cattle Bonus on this land type it was £11.91ph. For Disadvantaged Areas (DA) and Common Land (CL) land the rate was £23.82ph and the Cattle Bonus on these land types was £5.91ph. The 2012 rates have yet to be decided and will be published when they become available.
More detailed information on the scheme is given in the LFACA Explanatory Notes booklet which you can read or download by following the link at the top of this page.
