FG13: Stone gate post
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the stone gate post item.
This item is part of Capital Grants 2025. You must read the听Capital Grants 2025 guidance听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鈥
拢651.42 per post.听
How this item benefits the environment听
It helps conserve local landscape character and sites of historic interest by establishing stone gate posts made from local materials in local styles.听
Where you can use this item鈥
You can use this item either:听
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with capital item FG12: Wooden field gate听
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if stone gate posts are traditional in the area听
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with a boundary restoration capital item听
You cannot use this item:听
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on historic or archaeological sites identified in your (HEFER)听
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with Sustainable Farming Incentive management action BND1 Maintain dry stone walls听
What you must do to use this item听
You must set up a stone or slate gate post in the local material, cut or tooled to the size and shape typical of the local area.听
Evidence you must keep鈥
You must keep photographs of the completed work and provide with your claim.听
You must also keep and provide on request:听
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any consents or permissions connected with the work听
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receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable听
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photographs of the proposed location of the new gate posts
Read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the听Agreement holder鈥檚 guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants听for more information.听
If you鈥檙e applying for this item as part of a CSHT application, you must read听the record keeping and site visit requirements in the CSHT applicant鈥檚 guide.
Updates to this page
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Added the boundary restoration capital items you can use with FG13: Stone gate post.
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Information updated for applications in 2016.
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First published.