News & Events
- 13/12/2011
- BFCP features on Eco-Eye
- 16/12/2011
- BurrenLIFE - Best of the Best
- 13/12/2011
- Burren LIFE - BFCP??
- 13/12/2011
- BFCP Update Year 2
- 09/11/2011
- The Burren Community Charter
- 15/02/2011
- BFCP Workers Database Now Available
- 26/05/2011
- BurrenLIFE voted ‘Best of the Best’
- 05/05/2011
- Michael Viney - Farming for Conservation
- 05/05/2011
- BFCP Year 1 Report
- 14/03/2011
- Burren farmers get €300,000 for flowers
Application
The closing date for applications to the BFCP was 17 May 2010. A copy of the application form can be downloaded below.
As the total funding available under the Programme is €1 million per annum, it was necessary to limit the number of farmers participating in the Programme in order to ensure the effectiveness of the Programme and to ensure that the financial limit was respected. The number of eligible applications received by May 2010 was 348 and all applications were assessed and ranked according to the following criteria:
(i) History of participation in REPS Agri-environmental Schemes
(ii) Area and proportion of designated land on holding
(iii) Listed National Monuments situated on holding
(iv) Proportion of total holding situated in Burren
(v) Winterage management system
(vi) Extent of public land being farmed
(vii) Participation in BurrenLIFE Project
From this assessment 106 applications which scored 220 points or more were offered places. 101 of these farmers accepted their place. 57 farmers appealed their score and on 1/12/10, 23 of these appeals were deemed successful. Of the gross total of 124 places offered and accepted, a further 7 farmers have subsequently withdrawn leaving a net total of 117 farmers participating in the programme.
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