Guidance

Higher Tier Capital Grants 2025

Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 2 January 2025 until 31 December 2025.

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 claim

Details

Higher Tier Capital Grants 2025 is closed for applications.

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

The Higher Tier Capital Grants 2025 guidance consists of:

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

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

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 2 January 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. Capital items, actual cost items and fixed cost items numbers are section 2.2 Capital items available and 5. Choosing capital items updated. Additional items added at 5.2 and 5.3.

  3. Updated Applicant's guide: Higher Tier Capital Grants 2025 Corrected some spacing - How to complete your Higher Tier Capital Grant application by email or post

  4. Updates made to applicant's guide to include show there are 40 capital items available - 13 actual cost items and 27 fixed cost items.

  5. Removed: 3.4.5 Farming Recovery Fund not being eligible as not applicable.

  6. Paragraph 2 updated on the Applicants Guide to include the subject heading to be used in the email submitted to RPA.

  7. First published.

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