Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Activity |
Maximum payment rate |
(1) In relation to hedgerow restoration— |
(a) laying, coppicing or planting to fill gaps in hedge, or any combination of these, and follow-up maintenance of restored hedgerows
|
£5 per metre |
(b) planting of a hedge
|
£5 per metre |
(c) where sub-paragraph (a) applies, preparatory work on hedges that are more than 1.5 metres wide and5 metres high
|
£2.40 per metre |
(d) where sub-paragraph (a) applies, removal of fence posts and wires
|
£0.60 per metre |
(e) where sub-paragraph (a) applies, additional work which involves use of staking and top binding
|
£2.40 per metre |
(2) In relation to field boundaries— |
(a) restoration of stone wall
|
£16 per metre |
(b) where sub-paragraph (a) applies and—
|
(i) 50% or more of the stone is imported from elsewhere on the holding |
£6 per metre |
(ii) 50% or more of the stone is imported from outside the holding |
£30 per metre |
(iii) at least 10 metres of the wall is on slopes exceeding 30 degrees |
£7 per metre |
(c) installation of stockproof wiring along upper surface of a stone wall
|
£1.80 per metre |
(d) repair of a stone-faced hedge bank
|
£16 per metre |
(e) restoration of a stone-faced hedge bank
|
£34 per metre |
(f) restoration of an earth bank
|
£3 per metre |
(g) where sub-paragraph (f) applies, additional work in casting up
|
£1.20 per metre |
(h) restoration of a ditch
|
£2.90 per metre |
(3) In relation to tree-planting and tree management— |
(a) planting of trees and shrubs
|
£1.60 per tree or shrub |
(b) coppicing of trees along watercourses
|
£29 per tree |
(c) minor tree surgery, including minor pollarding
|
£43 per tree |
(d) major tree surgery, including major pollarding
|
£89 per tree |
(e) installation of a spiral rabbit guard
|
£0.20 per guard |
(f) installation of a tree-tube
|
£0.50 per tube |
(g) planting of a standard tree in a park of historical interest
|
£7.50 per tree |
(h) installation of a parkland guard in a park of historical interest
|
£64 per guard |
(4) In relation to orchards— |
(a) pruning and restoration of fruit trees
|
£17 per tree |
(b) pruning to restore the frame of fruit trees
|
£30 per tree |
(c) planting of fruit trees
|
£17 per tree |
(d) installation of an orchard tree-guard
|
£3.30 per guard |
(e) installation of an orchard tree-guard fence
|
£36 per fence |
(5) In relation to water levels and features— |
(a) installation of an earth bund
|
£149 per bund |
(b) installation of a bund of soil or alternative material in upland drains
|
£3.40 per bund |
(c) installation of a timber sluice
|
£314 per sluice |
(d) installation of a brick, stone or concrete sluice
|
£960 per sluice |
(e) installation of a culvert
|
£153 per culvert |
(f) creation of a pond
|
£3 per square metre of surface area up to 100 square metres of surface area, and £1 per square metre of surface area thereafter |
(g) restoration of an existing pond
|
£2.10 per square metre of surface area up to 100 square metres of surface area, and £0.80 per square metre of surface area thereafter |
(h) creation of a scrape
|
£1.40 per square metre of surface area up to 100 square metres of surface area, and £0.90 per square metre of surface area thereafter |
(i) construction of otter holt using logs
|
£108 per holt |
(j) construction of otter holt by pipe and chamber
|
£203 per holt |
(6) In relation to scrub— |
(a) removal or reduction of scrub, where scrub ground cover is less than 25%
|
£76, plus £228 per hectare |
(b) removal or reduction of scrub, where scrub ground cover is not less than 25% and not more than 75%
|
£76, plus £376 per hectare |
(c) removal or reduction of scrub where scrub ground cover is over 75%
|
£76, plus £583 per hectare |
(d) where sub-paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) applies, follow-up work to remove scrub regrowth
|
£40 per hectare |
(7) In relation to bracken— |
(a) removal or reduction of bracken by mechanical means
|
£106, plus £48 per hectare |
(b) removal or reduction of bracken by the application of chemicals
|
£61, plus £112 per hectare |
(8) In relation to fencing— |