Under the new rules, which came following years of NFU lobbying, farmers will be able to apply to register all the land they use within a ten mile radius, whether on a permanent or temporary basis, under the same County Parish Holding number and will no longer be required to report moves between those parcels of land.
Meanwhile, complex rules on livestock movements including Cattle Tracing System (CTS) links, Sole Occupancy Authorities (SOAs) and batch recording for certain batch recording exemptions for sheep movements will all be removed.
The new regime will be rolled out from July 2016.