Guidance

Capital grants agreements: Terms and Conditions 2026

Countryside Stewardship agreement holders must follow these Terms and Conditions if they applied for an agreement on or after 5 January 2026.

Applies to England

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These Terms and Conditions apply in England to the following schemes which are part of Countryside Stewardship:

  • Capital Grants
  • Capital grants plans
  • Higher Tier Capital Grants
  • Protection and Infrastructure grants
  • PA3 Woodland Management Plan
  • Woodland Tree Health grants

Updates to this page

Published 5 January 2026
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  1. Corrected typos. Amended wording in section 11.3. Changed from: 'Regulation 17 of the Regulations allows us to access your land at any reasonable hour without notice if, for example, we have a reasonable suspicion that you have committed a serious breach, fraud or any other related offence.' Replaced with: 'Regulation 17 of the Regulations allows us to access your land at any reasonable hour without notice if a warrant permitting this has been obtained from a justice of the peace.' Corrected numbering sequence in section 12.1.

  2. First published.

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