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Guidance

Protection and Infrastructure grants 2025

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Documents

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Details

Protection and Infrastructure grants 2025 is closed for applications.

You can apply for other capital grants at any time of the year.

The Protection and Infrastructure grants 2025 guidance consists of:

  • applicant’s guide
  • agreement holder’s guide
  • terms and conditions

Use the guidance to apply for a Protection and Infrastructure grant 2025 from 2 January 2025.

Read the applicant’s guide to find out if you’re eligible for a grant and how to apply.

Read the agreement holder’s guide to find out how to manage your agreement and make a claim for payment.

You can also apply for other capital grants at any time of the year.

Contact Rural Payments Agency (RPA)

You can contact RPA by email, phone or post.

Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 324
Worksop
S95 1DF

Email: ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk

Telephone: 03000 200 301
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, except bank holidays
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Updates to this page

Published 2 January 2025
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  1. Guidance page updated to show that applications for 2025 are closed. Agreement holder's should refer to the agreement holder's guidance for information about managing their agreement.

  2. First published.

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Update history

2026-01-05 00:15
Guidance page updated to show that applications for 2025 are closed. Agreement holder’s should refer to the agreement holder’s guidance for information about managing their agreement.

2025-01-02 00:15
First published.