Scottish Government

Variations to contracts will not be allowed if these reduce the ability to deliver the selected Regional Priorities, for example:

• Requests to remove options entered into in order to secure ranking points

• Requests to correct an over commitment to secure funding

• Requests to swap the value of unused items for others that were not initially applied for (e.g. fence gate for stile)

• All new options or priorities shall be included in a separate application

• Requests to remove breaches found at inspections

• Requests to add items that have been omitted from an application.

When changes can be made to Rural Priorities proposals

Value limit for considering variations

Types of acceptable variation

Processing variations

Applicant's options

Decision flow chart for considering variation requests