Capital Grants 2025
Apply for capital items to benefit boundaries, trees and orchards, water and air priorities, assessments, improvements and natural flood management.
Applies to England
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The Capital Grants 2025 manual consists of:
- applicant’s guidance
- agreement holder’s guidance
- terms and conditions
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
We plan to add 4 more capital items to the Capital Grants offer:
- accreditation for educational access visits
- installing and maintaining signage
- using tree surgery to hinge a tree into a watercourse
- creating or restoring ponds
More information on these new items will be available later this summer on the Capital grant finder tool.
Use the guidance to apply for a Capital Grant from 3 July 2025.
Read the applicant’s guide to find out if you’re eligible for a grant and how to apply.
Read the agreement holder’s guide to find out how to manage your agreement and make a claim for payment.
You can also apply for other CS capital grants at any time of the year.
Contact Rural Payments Agency (RPA)
Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
Rural Payments Agency (CS)
PO Box 324
Worksop
S95 1DF
Updates to this page
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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.
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