Capital Grants Advice Clinic

Published: 07/07/2026 By Ollie Chamings

The 2026 Capital Grants offer is due to open later this month, enabling farmers and landowners to apply for funding from an estimated ‘pot’ of £225 million for a wide range of projects including trees, fencing, hedges and water infrastructure.

The application window isn’t expected to be open for long; therefore, it’s essential that you prepare in advance so that it can be submitted at the earliest opportunity. The RPA require supporting documents and maps within a short timeframe to ensure applications are valid.

Symonds & Sampson’s Rural Grant experts in your nearest office can help you prepare your application and supporting evidence, or alternatively, they invite you to call into their ‘Capital Grants Pop Up’ at Frome Livestock Market on Wednesday, 22nd July from 8.30 am, where experts can either guide you through preparing your claim, or review your application to ensure all is in place.

For further information, please contact Ollie Chamings on 01305 236237, or our Rural Grants experts in your nearest Symonds & Sampson office.

For details of all of the rural professional services Symonds & Sampson can offer, please click here.

Meet the Grants Team


Chris Powell


Partner
Devizes

MRICS FAAV


Department: Devizes Rural and Agricultural, Rural and Agricultural, Professional,
Speciality: Agricultural Tenancies, Agricultural Appraisals, Agriculture, Biodiversity Net Gain, BPS, Contract Farming, Development Land, Diversification, Estate Management, Farm Business Tenancies, Farms and Land, Grass Keep, Option Agreements, Options, Preparation of Plans for Land Registry, Promotions, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Tax Planning, Succession Planning

01380 710535
07375 370163
cpowell@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Lester Williams


Partner, Auctioneer
Frome Market, Sherborne

MRICS FAAV


Department: Frome Market Rural and Agricultural, Sherborne Rural and Agricultural, Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Agricultural Tenancies, Agricultural Appraisals, Agriculture, Biodiversity Net Gain, Boundary Disputes, BPS, Compensation, Compulsory Purchase, Contract Farming, Diversification, Easements, Energy, Estate Management, Farm Business Tenancies, Farms and Land, Grass Keep, Preparation of Plans for Land Registry, Probate, RICS Registered Valuer, RICS Valuer, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Tax Planning, Telecoms, Valuations, Valuations for Banks, Wayleaves

01935 818513
07778 646031
lwilliams@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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George Whittaker


Rural Partner
Dorchester, Poundbury Burraton House

AssocRICS FAAV MNAVA

Department: Rural and Agricultural, Dorchester Rural and Agricultural, Burraton Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Agricultural Tenancies, Agricultural Appraisals, Agriculture, Biodiversity Net Gain, BPS, Contract Farming, Diversification, Estate Management, Farm Business Tenancies, Farms and Land, Grass Keep, Planner, RICS Registered Valuer, RICS Valuer, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Telecoms, Valuations


01305 236578
gwhittaker@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Phoebe Wreford-Glanvill


Agricultural Consultant
Dorchester, Poundbury Burraton House

AMICE

Department: Rural and Agricultural, Dorchester Rural and Agricultural, Burraton Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Agriculture, BPS, Contract Farming, Diversification, Farm Business Tenancies, Farm Finance, Grass Keep, Rural Grants and Subsidies

01305 236237
07943 421629
pwglanvill@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Annabel Douglas


Rural Chartered Surveyor
Bridport

MRICS FAAV


Department: Rural and Agricultural, Bridport Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Agricultural Tenancies, Agricultural Appraisals, BPS, Compensation, Diversification, Estate Management, Farm Business Tenancies, Grass Keep, Planner, Preparation of Plans for Land Registry, Probate, RICS Registered Valuer, RICS Valuer, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Tax Planning, Valuations, Valuations for Banks



01308 459564 
adouglas@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Sam Haskell


Rural Chartered Surveyor
Sturminster Newton

MRICS FAAV  

Department: Rural and Agricultural, Sturminster Newton Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Speciality: Agricultural Tenancies, Agricultural Appraisals, Agriculture, Farm Business Tenancies, Grass Keep, Preparation of Plans for Land Registry, Probate, RICS Registered Valuer, RICS Valuer, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Tax Planning, Valuations, Valuations for Banks

 
01258 472244
shaskell@symondsandsampson.co.uk

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Jane Ruell


Rural Chartered Surveyor
Tiverton

MRICS FAAV
 

Department: Rural and Professional, Tiverton Rural and Agricultural, Professional 
Speciality: Agricultural Tenancies, Agricultural Appraisals, Agriculture, Biodiversity Net Gain, Compensation, Compulsory Purchase, Energy, Estate Management, Farm Business Tenancies, Farm Finance, Farms and Land, Grass Keep, Option Agreements, Preparation of Plans for Land Registry, Probate, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Tax Planning, Telecoms, Wayleaves


01884 218911
07398 476469
jruell@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Ashleigh Stokes


Graduate Rural Surveyor
Salisbury


 
Department: Rural and Agricultural, Salisbury Rural and Agricultural, Professional
Service: Agricultural Tenancies, Farm Business Tenancies, Farms and Land, Planner, Preparation of Plans for Land Registry, Probate, Rural Grants and Subsidies, Valuations


01722 334323
astokes@symondsandsampson.co.uk 

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