Guidance

Agreement holder’s guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants, and Protection and Infrastructure grants 2026

Read about the requirements and procedures you will need to follow, and how you will need to manage your agreement once you're an agreement holder.

Applies to England

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This agreement holder’s guide covers the following capital grants:

  • Capital Grants
  • Higher Tier capital grants
  • Protection and Infrastructure grants

The agreement holder’s guide gives information about the requirements and procedures you need to follow and how to manage your agreement, including how to claim for payment.

Updates to this page

Published 5 January 2026
Last updated 28 May 2026 href="#full-history">+ show all updates
  1. Updated link to guidance. Clarified and simplified wording around photographs in section 6.3.5. Clarified and simplified wording around agreement period in section 7.1. Clarified and simplified wording around procedures for scheme checks and site visits in section 7.6. Clarified procedures in section 7.7. Amended wording around 'severity' to 'seriousness'.

  2. First published.

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