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Capital items: guidance for applicants and agreement holders

What items are available, how to apply for them and how to manage your funding agreement.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published:
5 August 2024
Last updated:
1 September 2026
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  1. Updated to reflect applications for Capital Grants 2026 have closed.

  2. Added link to Capital Grants 2026 guidance which has been published in advance of the offer opening in July.

  3. Applications re-open for Capital items on 5 January 2026

  4. Page updated to show that Capital Grants is now closed for applications.

  5. Added section for Capital Grants 2025.

  6. Updated links to guidance for capital items 2025. Moved guidance for 2024 to the Agreement holder's information.

  7. Added a link to the new capital items that will be available for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier when the scheme opens in summer 2025.

  8. Capital Grants 2024 are currently closed.

  9. First published.

You can get paid for capital items to help you carry out Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) actions. Capital items are available under:

  • Capital Grants
  • Capital grants plans
  • PA3 Woodland management plan
  • Protection and Infrastructure grants
  • Woodland Tree Health (WTH) grants
  • Higher Tier Capital Grants

Use the Capital grant finder to search for a description and essential requirements for individual capital items.

Capital Grants

Funding is for capital items that:

  • support hedgerow and tree planting

  • restore boundaries

  • improve natural flood management

  • improve air and water quality

Applications for Capital Grants are now closed.

Capital grants plans

You can apply for one-off payments to create plans or studies to support other capital items or management actions.

You can apply for the following:

For PA1, PA2, PA4, PA5 and PA7, read ‘Capital grants plans 2026’ for more information including how to apply.

For PA3, read ‘PA3: Woodland management plan 2026’ for more information including how to apply.

Protection and Infrastructure grants

Protection and Infrastructure grants are for capital items that support improving the management of woodland and to help manage the impact of beaver behaviours.

You can apply for a Protection and Infrastructure grant at any time of the year from 5 January 2026.

Woodland Tree Health (WTH) grants

A WTH grant helps to restock or improve woodland after tree health problems.

You can apply for a WTH grant at any time of the year from 5 January 2026.

Higher Tier Capital Grants

Higher Tier Capital Grants provide 3-year agreements offering capital items to achieve additional environmental benefits.

You can apply for a Higher Tier Capital Grant at any time of the year from 5 January 2026.

Agreement holder's information

How to manage your agreement and meet its requirements.

How to claim for a capital item

You can make a claim for a capital item online, by email or by post. Read ‘ How to make a capital or revenue claim’ for more information.

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