RP2: Gateway relocation
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the gateway relocation item.
This item is part of Capital Grants 2024. You must read the Capital Grants 2024 guidance to understand the rules and how to apply.
How much you’ll be paid
£369.59 per gateway.
How this item benefits the environment
Relocating a gateway so it will not act as a pathway for water runoff prevents polluted surface water from leaving fields through gateways. This helps to reduce the risk of soil erosion, water pollution and can contribute to natural flood management.
Where you can use this item
You can use this item where all the following apply:
- in areas targeted to reduce water pollution from agriculture
- where a gateway is acting as a channel for water movement
- where a gateway is associated with farm machinery or livestock
Catchment Sensitive Farming provides advice where there are water quality or flood risk issues linked to farming.
You must get consents and advice before you start work from:
- the local planning authority (if the new gateway provides access to public highways or byways open to all traffic)
- the Highways Authority (if a public right of way passes through the existing or new gateway)
- a historic environment specialist (if the gateway is on a historic routeway)
What you must do to use this item
You must:
- leave existing gate posts where they are, keeping any existing stone or slate posts that are traditional landscape or historic features
- re-route the existing trackways associated with the gateway and improve the disused sections
- fill the gap left by the old gateway using materials that match the character of the rest of the boundary
- use new hanging and shutting posts in the new gateway
Evidence you must keep
You must keep and provide with your claim:
- photographs of the completed work
- consents and advice from the local planning authority, Highways Authority or a historic environment specialist connected with the work
You must also keep and provide on request:
- any consents or permissions connected with the work (in addition to the ones provided with your claim)
- receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
- photographs of the site before works start
Read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the Agreement holder’s guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants for more information.
Other capital items you can use with this item
You can use this item with these items:
BN2: Stone-faced bank restoration
BN8: Hedgerow supplement - casting up
BN10: Hedgerow supplement - top binding and staking
Advice to help you use this item
The following advice may help you to use this item, but you do not have to follow it to get paid. It’s not part of this item’s requirements.
British Standards
Check to make sure the works meet relevant British Standards.
Reducing surface water flows
You may need to carry out other work to reduce surface water runoff including:
- relieving compaction
- cultivating crops across slopes
- using temporary water storage areas to capture surface flows
- positioning new trackways where they do not attract surface water flows
- positioning cross-drains along the track if you cannot create new trackways
Maintaining the local character
Restore the old gateway so it blends in with the rest of the boundary. For example, new hedging should match the species mix of the existing hedge.
Updates to this page
Published 2 April 2015Last updated 3 February 2025 + show all updates
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General improvement for clarity.
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Added in links to Capital Grants manual as this option is now available for Capital Grants
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The Keeping records section of this page has been updated
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Updated for 2017 applications.
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Information updated for applications in 2016
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First published.