Capital Grants 2026: All 80 Items With Payment Rates and Funding Limits

Where Capital Grants 2026 stands

Capital Grants 2026 is closed for applications, and GOV.UK updated the applicant’s guide on 1 September 2026. Existing agreement holders can use this list to plan claims.

The offer gave 3-year agreements for 80 capital items in 6 groups. Four groups had a funding limit: boundaries, trees and orchards £35,000, and water quality, natural flood management and air quality £25,000 each. Assessments and improvements had no limit. The Rural Payments Agency accepted one eligible application per SBI per calendar year, and funding was not guaranteed. Grants could not pay for work done or materials bought before the agreement started, for agent fees, or for work on common land.

Boundaries, trees and orchards (funding limit £35,000)

• BN1, Stone-faced bank repair: £67.25 per metre
• BN2, Stone-faced bank restoration: £163.26 per metre
• BN3, Earth bank creation: £20.59 per metre
• BN4, Earth bank restoration: £10.54 per metre
• BN5, Hedgerow laying: £13.52 per metre
• BN6, Hedgerow coppicing: £5.33 per metre
• BN7, Hedgerow gapping-up: £17.22 per metre
• BN8, Hedgerow supplement – casting up (supplement, use with BN5 and BN6): £4.39 per metre
• BN10, Hedgerow supplement – top binding and staking (supplement, use with BN5): £5.82 per metre
• BN11, Planting new hedges: £22.97 per metre
• BN12, Stone wall restoration: £31.91 per metre
• BN13, Top wiring – stone wall (supplement, use with BN12 or BN16): £5.54 per metre
• BN14, Stone wall supplement – stone from quarry (supplement, use with BN12 or BN16): £164.50 per metre
• BN16, Repair stone walls: £16.17 per metre
• FG12, Wooden field gate: £489.90 per gate
• FG13, Stone gate post: £651.42 per post
• FG14, Badger gate: £61.81 per gate
• TE1, Planting standard hedgerow tree: £19.06 per tree
• TE3, Planting fruit trees: £28.07 per tree
• TE7, Tree guard (large post and rail): £121.62 per guard
• TE8, Tree guard (small post and rail and wide weld mesh): £74.74 per guard
• TE10, Coppicing bankside trees: £53.95 per tree
• TE11, Tree surgery: £73.36 per tree (limbs up to and including 20cm diameter), £146.72 per tree (limbs over 20cm diameter)
• TE16, Use tree surgery to ‘hinge’ a tree into a watercourse: £95.26 per tree
• TE19, Tree guard (narrow weld mesh): £35.67 per guard
• WB1, Small wildlife box: £29.84 per box
• WB2, Medium wildlife box: £55.91 per box
• WB3, Large wildlife box: £137.93 per box

Water quality (funding limit £25,000)

• FG1, Fencing: £6.34 per metre
• FG2, Sheep netting: £7.47 per metre
• FG3, Permanent electric fencing: £5.66 per metre
• FG4, Rabbit fencing supplement (supplement, only with FG1, FG2, FG3): £5.65 per metre
• FG15, Water gates: £532.80 per gate
• LV3, Hard bases for livestock drinkers: £179.15 per base
• LV4, Hard bases for livestock feeders: £290.63 per base
• LV5, Pasture pumps and associated pipework: £295.90 per pump
• LV6, Ram pumps and associated pipework: £1,861 per pump
• LV7, Livestock troughs: £152.92 per trough
• LV8, Pipework associated with livestock troughs: £3.31 per metre
• RP1, Resurfacing of gateways: £136.95 per gateway
• RP2, Gateway relocation: £369.59 per gateway
• RP3, Watercourse crossings: £506.44 per crossing
• RP4, Livestock and machinery hardcore tracks: £44.63 per metre
• RP5, Cross drains: £750.26 per drain
• RP6, Installation of piped culverts in ditches: £376.23 per culvert
• RP7, Sediment ponds and traps: £11.88 per m²
• RP9, Earth banks and soil bunds: £195.61 per unit
• RP10, Silt filtration dams or seepage barriers: £198.14 per unit
• RP11, Swales: £7.52 per m²
• RP12, Check dams: £85.29 per dam
• RP13, Yard – underground drainage pipework: £2.02 per metre
• RP14, Yard inspection pit: £200 per unit
• RP15, Concrete yard renewal: £33.64 per m²
• RP16, Rainwater goods: £11.55 per metre
• RP17, Storage tanks underground: £441.98 per m³
• RP18, Above ground tanks: £73.34 per m³
• RP19, First flush rainwater diverters and downpipe filters: £174.59 per unit
• RP20, Relocation of sheep dips and pens: £3,544.71 per unit
• RP21, Relocation of sheep pens only: £1,772.35 per unit
• RP22, Sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps: £19.50 per m²
• RP23, Installation of livestock drinking troughs (in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep): £152.92 per unit
• RP24, Lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area: £119.77 per m²
• RP25, Lined biobed with existing washdown area: £66.24 per m²
• RP26, Biofilters: £2,026.14 per unit
• RP27, Sprayer or applicator load and washdown area: £35.86 per m²
• RP28, Roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores): £72.50 per m²
• RP29, Self-supporting covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores: £29.50 per m²
• RP30, Floating covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores and lagoons: £2.75 per m²

Natural flood management (funding limit £25,000)

• RP31, Equipment to disrupt tramlines in arable areas: £1,500 per machine
• RP32, Small leaky woody dams: £461.39 per dam
• RP33, Large leaky woody dams: £764.42 per dam
• WN12, Create or restore ponds up to 2 hectares: £1,879.46 per pond

Air quality (funding limit £25,000)

• AQ1, Automatic slurry scraper: £2,760 per passageway or channel
• AQ2, Low ammonia emission flooring for livestock buildings: £72 per m²
• TE4, Supply and plant tree: £1.72 per tree
• TE5, Supplement for use of individual tree-shelters (supplement, with TE4): £2.43 per unit

Assessments (no funding limit)

• WF1, Create a wildfire checklist: £327.12 per farm

Improvements (no funding limit)

• AC2, Countryside educational access visits accreditation (supplement, only with VED1: Educational access visits): £277.26 once per agreement
• AC3, Install and maintain signage: £55.65 per sign
• VED1, Educational access visits: £363 per visit (to a maximum of £9,075 per year)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Capital Grants 2026 still open?

No. GOV.UK lists Capital Grants 2026 as closed for applications. The applicant guide was updated on 1 September 2026.

How many items were in Capital Grants 2026?

There were 80 capital items in 6 groups: air quality, assessments, boundaries, trees and orchards, improvements, natural flood management and water quality.

What was the funding limit in Capital Grants 2026?

£35,000 for boundaries, trees and orchards, and £25,000 each for water quality, natural flood management and air quality. Assessments and improvements had no limit.

How many applications could a business make?

The Rural Payments Agency accepted one eligible Capital Grants application per SBI in a calendar year. Further applications under the same SBI were rejected.

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Source: GOV.UK: Applicant’s guide, Capital Grants 2026 (closed)