CS Capital Grants

Posted by LindaStenner on February 12, 2021

Applications for CS Capital Grants open on 9 February 2021 and close on 30 April 2021.

Capital Grants offers 67 standalone capital items within 3 groups:

•           Boundaries, Tress and Orchards

•           Water Quality

•           Air Quality

The aim is to protect and enhance the natural environment by increasing biodiversity, boosting habitats and improving water and air quality.

Countryside Stewardship agreements will continue to be offered in 2022, 2023 and 2024. This includes capital grants.

Countryside Stewardship will eventually be replaced with the new Environmental Land Management scheme. This will follow trialling and testing and a national pilot involving farmers and land managers. The full Environmental Land Management scheme will be in place from 2024.

Countryside Stewardship Capital Grants are for a maximum of 2 years. Agreements will start from the first of the month after we’ve completed our checks. The exact start date of the agreement will be set out in the Agreement Document.

he maximum total amount of funding for any application has increased from £10,000 to £60,000 but there is a limit of £20,000 for each of the 3 groups.

You can only submit one application for each farm business (that is a single business identifier (SBI) connected to a farm business).

You may need to keep evidence and provide it when requested. Check Countryside Stewardship grants for the evidence and record-keeping requirements of grants before you apply for them.

For more advice please contact Kathryn Williams on 07971583638 or email kathrynwilliams@dmpcuk.com