Rural grants and payments

Services

Contact the RPA about SFI

Find out how to contact the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) about SFI.
Assessment of ponds for wildlife and historic interest: Countryside Stewardship

Use this form with Countryside Stewardship applications that include capital item WN12: Create or restore ponds up to 2 hectares.
Deer species management plan (PA7) template

Complete the template to help monitor and manage deer on your land for capital grants payments.
Grey squirrel species management plan (PA7) template

Complete the templates to help monitor and manage grey squirrel on your land for capital grants payments.
Agroforestry plan (PA4): complete your templates

Complete these templates to help create, improve or manage an agroforestry system on your land.

Register and update your details with the Rural Payments Agency
- Detailed guide
- 30 July 2025
- Rural Payments Agency
Funding for farmers, growers and land managers
- Detailed guide
- 8 January 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Rural Payments Agency, and Forestry Commission
Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT)
- Guidance
- 19 January 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Capital grants plans 2026
- Guidance
- 5 January 2026
- Rural Payments Agency
Capital Grants 2025
- Guidance
- 5 January 2026
- Rural Payments Agency

Strong uptake for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements
- 26 January 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
- Press release
More than £400m paid out for sustainable food production
- 12 December 2025
- Rural Payments Agency
- Press release
New CEO appointed to lead RPA from January 2026
- 22 October 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
- Press release
Environment Secretary Steve Reed: Groundswell Show speech
- 3 July 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Speech
£50 million equipment and technology grants to boost food production and farm profitability
- 7 May 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Innovate UK
- Press release

Farming Investment Fund statistics September 2025
- 29 January 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
SFI spend statistics notice January 2026
- 8 January 2026
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
CS, ES and SFI option uptake data 2025
- 19 November 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
Sustainable Farming Incentive action uptake data October 2025
- 13 November 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
Agri-environment scheme business and uptake data March 2025
- 19 March 2025
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics

Environmental land management: policy discussion
- 10 February 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 31 July 2020
Landscape Recovery: how the schemes will work
- 18 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Lump Sum Exit Scheme: taxation of payments
- 20 July 2022
- HM Revenue & Customs
- Policy paper
Environmental land management schemes: outcomes
- 6 January 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Local Nature Recovery: more information on how the scheme will work
- 6 January 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper