Capital items: guidance for applicants and agreement holders
What items are available, how to apply for them and how to manage your funding agreement.
You can get paid for capital items to help you carry out Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions. Capital items are available under:
- Capital Grants
- Protection and Infrastructure grants
- Woodland Tree Health (WTH) grants
- capital grants plans
If you’re an existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) Higher Tier agreement holder you can also apply for Higher Tier Capital Grants.
Use the grant finder to search for a description and essential requirements for individual capital items.
Capital Grants
Capital Grants are 3-year agreements offering capital items to achieve specific environmental benefits in 4 groups:
- boundaries, trees and orchards
- water quality
- air quality
- natural flood management
You can apply for a Capital Grant at any time of the year from 3 January 2024.
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 3 January 2024.
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 3 January 2024.
Higher Tier Capital Grants
Higher Tier Capital Grants provide 3-year agreements offering capital items to achieve additional environmental benefits alongside existing agreements.
You can apply for a Higher Tier Capital Grant at any time of the year from 3 January 2024.
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:
- PA1: Implementation plan
- PA2: Feasibility study
- PA3: Woodland management plan
- PA4: Agroforestry plan
- PA5: Moorland mapping
For PA1, PA2, PA4 and PA5, read ‘Apply for a capital grants plan’ for more information including how to apply.
For PA3, read ‘Apply for PA3: Woodland management plan’ for more information including how to apply.
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.