Slurry Infrastructure grant round 2: guidance for invited applicants
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to improve or expand slurry storage capacity and to cover stores.
Applies to England
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Only invited applicants can apply for round 2 of the Slurry Infrastructure grant.
Find out about other grants and funds.
Round 2 of the Slurry Infrastructure grant is to help replace, build additional, expand or cover your existing slurry stores to reach the grant storage requirements:
- 6 months for beef and dairy cattle
- 8 months for pigs
You can also use it for items to help you manage your slurry store, such as reception pits, slurry pumps and agitators.
Grant value: between £25,000 and £250,000.
Who can apply
You can apply for a grant if:
- you farm pigs, beef or dairy cattle
- your farming system already produces slurry
When you can apply
Invited applicants had until 11.59pm on 30 September 2024 to submit their slurry store location and design assessment form.
Once your project has passed the location and design check, you must submit your full application by the deadline date in your invitation email.
How to apply
Once the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed your project has passed the location and design check, you can complete and submit your full application.
If your application is successful, RPA will send you a grant funding agreement (GFA).
Updates to this page
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Guidance updated to explain that invited applicants must submit their full applications by the deadline date in their invitation email. References to Round 3 removed as there are currently no plans for Round 3.
Update history
2026-03-02 00:15
Amended the email address to ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk as the Grants Service email addresses are no longer in use.
2025-07-10 09:46
Guidance updated to explain that invited applicants must submit their full applications by the deadline date in their invitation email.References to Round 3 removed as there are currently no plans for Round 3.
2025-01-24 11:25
Updates to How to fill in a Slurry Infrastructure round 2 full application (invited applicants). Guidance for Questions 4.4 and 4.4a added, and updates made to guidance for Questions 7.1 and 7.1a.
2024-04-10 16:03
Edited Question 19d – Replaced reference to ‘average rainfall’ with ‘wettest month’s rainfall’. Added information that total reception pit capacity should equal or exceed the recommended size in slurry wizard. Removed instructions for using slurry wizard.Edited Slurry wizard output – Updated date of latest version of slurry wizard, from ‘October 2023’ to ‘March 2024 or later’.
2024-04-08 11:08
Guidance for invited applicants to fill in a Slurry infrastructure grant Round 2 application form has been added.
2024-02-19 10:39
Page title has changed from Slurry Infrastructure grant Round 2: applicant guidance to Slurry Infrastructure grant round 2: guidance for applicants.
2024-02-06 16:55
Guidance to complete the slurry store location and design assessment form is now available.
2024-01-23 15:02
Guidance provided about ‘Definition of structures’, ‘Slurry store accessories’ and ‘How to claim your grant’. All hyperlinks for ‘slurry wizard’ have been removed and guidance changed to use the July 2022 or later slurry wizard version.
2024-01-18 07:19
Page updated to confirm the closure of the online checker.
2024-01-11 10:13
Changes made to the ‘reference costs’ for earth bank lagoon without synthetic liner, earth bank lagoon with synthetic liner, store using precast rectangular concrete panels, in situ cast reinforced concrete store and large volume permanently installed supported slurry bag.
2023-12-13 15:34
Guidance made clearer under ‘Choose the right location for your store’.
2023-11-21 10:31
Added link to the online checker, which is now open for applications, in the How to apply guidance. The checker will close on 17 January 2024.
2023-10-13 13:09
Changed text in ‘Check how applications will be prioritised’ to reflect that applicants can now use MAGIC to view the priority areas.
2023-10-12 10:57
First published.