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FAQs for Single Payment Scheme

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....General and Installation

 

• Does the SPS Planner program work with Windows 98?
• When you go into the program you get a message saying that something still needs to be installed.
• I am having problems loading the SPS program onto a machine that uses Vista/Error messages when I try to use the program on a Vista machine.
• I am a new user of SPS Planner - How do I get started?
• My columns on the front screen seem to be too narrow/wide.

 

....Changing Year

 

• How do I move my existing data into 2008?
• How do I move my data into 2009?

 

....Electronic Retrieval and Submission

 

• What do I need to do to retrieve and submit my forms electronically?
• How do I register to use the electronic service with the Government Gateway?
• If I have already registered with the Gateway for another service such as PAYE do I need to do it again?
• I act as an Agent and submit applications on behalf of clients.
• The Government Gateway does not seem to be responding?
• When is the latest I can make my application?
• When I use the electronic options my anti-virus software warns me that SPS is trying to access the internet.
• How do I know my submission has got the RPA.
• I have not received my confirmation email from the RPA.
• Government Gateway Availability.
• DATs - I have not had mine yet.
• Electronic Download - some fields have been highlighted in red as problems and are not being imported into the program.
• What do I do with any other documentation that I need to send to the RPA?

 

....Basic Information

 

• Why is the activated area different from the total OS area of the farm?
• What do you do if the Useable and Waste areas do not match the OS area of the Farm?

 

....Splitting or Merging Fields

 

• How do you split a field?
• How do I replicate my RPA Field Data sheet layout when splitting or merging fields?
• How do I delete fields?
• How do you merge parts?
• How do you change the existing splits?
• How do you add split parts at a later stage, if the total area of the field does not add up to total area of the field?
• Editing and deleting Field and Holdings?

 

....Sheet and Line Numbers

 

• Why does the program ask you to enter Sheet and Line numbers? OR Why is the program putting the fields on different pages and sheets from the ones specified?
• How do I make the sheet and Line numbers the same as the RPA's copy of the field data sheet?

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....Cropping

 

• How can I see what crop is currently in each field from the Basic information view scrren? / How can I see which fields I have claimed HFA .
• How do I enter the same cropping for several fields at once?
• How do you add the Land Use Codes for 2003?
• How do you add a new Crop in the cropping screen - I can only see crops that I have used in the past?
• How do I change the Land Use Code associated with a crop?
• How do you enter an energy or protein crop when there is a margin round the outside of the field which is not eligible for the extra aid.

....Other Details

 

• Common Rights - I own the Common - How do I indicate this so that it enters a x in column CA7?

....Reports

 

• The Field Reports are not accurate for management purposes - I have to allocate the whole field to OT1 for SPS purposes but actually it consists of wheat in the middle with a strip round the outside?
• Why do my printed forms show that the 10 month period is A - I thought that was no longer applicable?
• Does the RPA accept our printed forms?
• Given up fields - they are still on the printouts.
• Tip - how to print a section of the field data sheet.

For more help on SPS call our Adviceline team on 01594 545022 or email us at support@farmplan.co.uk.