Scottish Government

Covering Letter

Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate
Common Agricultural Policy Payments Division
T: 0131-244 6426
F: 0131-244 6277
E: lmcms@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
31 March 2008

Dear Applicant,

Land Managers Options ( LMO) 2008
1. Please find enclosed the LMO Notes for Guidance LMO(1). You should have received a guidance leaflet and application form in your IACS pack which refer to this booklet.

All future amendments to this guidance and future guidance will be published on the Scottish Government Website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Rural/SRDP/Land-Managers-Options

What you must do if you wish to apply for LMO or have LMCMS continuing commitments.

2. You must submit a completed LMO application form to your SGRPID Area Office by 15 May 2008 if you wish to claim new LMO options or if you have continuing LMCMS commitments. Please note that you must also complete and submit a Single Application Form ( IACS (2). Applicants from outwith Scotland should note that applications are based on the land you have in Scotland only and you should submit your LMO application to our Galashiels Area Office:

SGRPID

Phone: 01896 892400
s Fax: 01896 892424

sgrpid.galashiels@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Disclosure of Information

3. The Scottish Government is bound by the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004. It is the policy of the Scottish Government to release information about the amounts of subsidy and the recipients of SAF schemes including the Single Farm Payments Scheme and the schemes under the Scotland Rural Development Programme. We will process personal data we receive in line with the Data Protection Act 1998. For the Land Managers Options, this means that we will release information on the number of options for which you have applied for aid and the amount of subsidy received . The information will also include your name and the geographic location.

Resolving Queries

4. If you need agricultural or environmental advice, you can contact a professional adviser. If you have a question about the information in this pack, or need to clarify the scheme rules, please contact your SGRPID Area Office (see the address list in Annex B of the LMO(1) Booklet). If you have any mapping questions, please contact our Field Identification System Helpline on 0131-244-1938. Lines are open from 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Thursday, and 9.00am to 4.30pm on Fridays; an answer service is available outside these hours.

You may wish to deliver your LMO application form and any other necessary documents by hand or use recorded delivery post.

Yours sincerely

WN Denholm