RP16: Rainwater goods
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the rainwater goods item.
This item is part of Capital Grants 2025. You must read the Capital Grants 2025 guidance to understand the rules and how to apply.
If you鈥檙e applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, you must read the CSHT applicant鈥檚 guide to understand the rules and how to apply.
How much you鈥檒l be paid聽
拢11.55 per metre (m).
How this item benefits the environment
It ensures new guttering, and downpipes (rainwater goods) prevent the discharge of clean water on to fouled yard areas. This helps reduce the risk of water pollution.
This item can help you protect, recover and improve biodiversity on your land.
Where you can use this item聽
You can only use this item in areas targeted to reduce water pollution from agriculture. Catchment Sensitive Farming will tell you where these areas are.听
Catchment Sensitive Farming provides advice where there are water quality or flood risk issues linked to farming.听聽聽聽聽聽
聽You cannot use this item:
- for guttering and downpipes on proposed new buildings
- on covered or indoor yards
What you must do to use this item
You must:
- install new guttering and downpipes on existing farmyard buildings
- direct clean water from rainwater goods into a clean water drain
Evidence you must keep聽
You must keep photographs of the completed work and provide them with your claim.
You must also keep and provide on request:
- any consents or permissions connected with the work
- 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鈥檚 guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants for more information.
If you鈥檙e 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鈥檚 guide.
Other items you can use with this item
You can use this item with these items:
RP13: Yard underground drainage pipework
RP17: Storage tanks underground
RP19: First flush rainwater diverters and downpipe filters
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鈥檚 not part of this item鈥檚 requirements.听聽聽
British Standards聽聽
Check to make sure the work meets relevant .听
Listed and historic buildings
This item can be detrimental if used close to a historic farmstead or listed building. You should consider the nature and historic value of the existing surfaces when siting this item. You should get advice on whether listed building consent is needed.
Effective use of water on dairy farms
Read about the effective use of water on dairy farms on the .
Updates to this page
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General improvement for clarity.
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Added in links to Capital Grants manual as this option is now available for Capital Grants
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Information updated for applications in 2016
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First published.