RP2: Gateway relocation
Source: gov.uk (2025-07-03)

Find out about eligibility and requirements for the gateway relocation item.

This item is part of Capital Grants 2025. You must read the Capital Grants 2025 guidance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-grants-2025) to understand the rules and how to apply. If you’re applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, you must read the CSHT applicant’s guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/countryside-stewardship-higher-tier-csht) to understand the rules and how to apply.

How much you’ll be paid

£369.59 per gateway.

How this item benefits the environment

Relocating a gateway so it will not act as a pathway for water runoff prevents polluted surface water from leaving fields through gateways. This helps to reduce the risk of soil erosion, water pollution and can contribute to natural flood management.

Where you can use this item

You can use this item where all the following apply:
- in areas targeted to reduce water pollution from agriculture
- where a gateway is acting as a channel for water movement
- where a gateway is associated with farm machinery or livestock
Catchment Sensitive Farming (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/catchment-sensitive-farming-reduce-agricultural-water-pollution) provides advice where there are water quality or flood risk issues linked to farming.

You must get consents and advice before you start work from:
- the local planning authority (if the new gateway provides access to public highways or byways open to all traffic)
- the Highways Authority (if a public right of way passes through the existing or new gateway)
- a historic environment specialist (if the gateway is on a historic routeway)
What you must do to use this item

You must:
- leave existing gate posts where they are, keeping any existing stone or slate posts that are traditional landscape or historic features
- re-route the existing trackways associated with the gateway and improve the disused sections
- fill the gap left by the old gateway using materials that match the character of the rest of the boundary
- use new hanging and shutting posts in the new gateway
Evidence you must keep

You must keep and provide with your claim:
- photographs of the completed work
- consents and advice from the Highways Authority or a historic environment specialist connected with the work
- any consents or permissions from the local planning authority
If you do not need consent or permission from your local planning authority, you must provide evidence to show this. This can be a:
- letter from the authority confirming you do not need permission
- note of a telephone conversation with a local authority representative, with the name, date, and time of the call
- link to online guidance or printout of guidance text which shows you do not need permission
You must also keep and provide on request:
- any consents or permissions connected with the work (in addition to the ones provided with your claim)
- receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
- photographs of the site before works start
Read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the Agreement holder’s guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agreement-holders-guide-capital-grants-higher-tier-capital-grants-and-protection-and-infrastructure-grants-2025) for more information.

If you’re applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the CSHT agreement holder’s guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/countryside-stewardship-higher-tier-csht).

Other capital items you can use with this item

You can use this item with these items:

BN1: Stone-faced bank repair (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/stone-faced-bank-repair-bn1)

BN2: Stone-faced bank restoration (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/stone-faced-bank-restoration-bn2)

BN3 Earth bank creation (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/earth-bank-creation-bn3)

BN8: Hedgerow supplement - casting up (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/hedgerow-supplement-casting-up-bn8)

BN10: Hedgerow supplement - top binding and staking (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/hedgerow-supplement-top-binding-and-staking-bn10)

BN11: Planting new hedges (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/planting-new-hedges-bn11)

FG1: Fencing (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/fencing-fg1)

FG2: Sheep netting (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/sheep-netting-fg2)

RP2:Resurfacing of gateways (https://www.gov.uk/countryside-stewardship-grants/resurfacing-of-gateways-rp1)

Advice to help you use this item

The following advice may help you to use this item, but you do not have to follow it to get paid. It’s not part of this item’s requirements.

British Standards

Check to make sure the works meet relevant British Standards. (https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/products-and-services/standards/)

Reducing surface water flows

You may need to carry out other work to reduce surface water runoff including:
- relieving compaction
- cultivating crops across slopes
- using temporary water storage areas to capture surface flows
- positioning new trackways where they do not attract surface water flows
- positioning cross-drains along the track if you cannot create new trackways
Maintaining the local character

Restore the old gateway so it blends in with the rest of the boundary. For example, new hedging should match the species mix of the existing hedge.