Guidance

Capital Grants 2025

Now closed for applications. Capital items that benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, assessments, improvements and natural flood management.

Applies to England

Documents

Agreement Holder's guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier Capital Grants, and Protection and Infrastructure Grants 2025

Countryside Stewardship Terms and Conditions 2025

How to make a Countryside Stewardship capital claim

Details

Capital Grants 2025 is closed for applications.

You can apply for other CS capital grants at any time of the year.

The Capital Grants 2025 manual consists of:

  • applicant’s guidance
  • agreement holder’s guidance
  • terms and conditions

Read the agreement holder’s guide to find out how to manage your agreement and make a claim for payment.

Capital Grants are 3-year agreements offering capital items to achieve specific environmental benefits within 6 groups:

  • boundaries, trees and orchards
  • improved water quality
  • improved air quality
  • improved natural flood management
  • assessments
  • improvements

Contact Rural Payments Agency (RPA)

You can contact RPA by email, phone or post.

Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 324
Worksop
S95 1DF

Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays
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Updates to this page

Published 3 July 2025
Last updated 5 January 2026 show all updates
  1. Guidance page updated to show that applications for 2025 are closed. Agreement holder's should refer to the agreement holder's guidance for information about managing their agreement.

  2. Information updated to show that Capital Grants is now closed for applications.

  3. Added clarification regarding funding thresholds and submitting applications in Section 5 of the Applicant's guide and section 3.2 of the how to complete your application online guide.

  4. First published.

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