Regulation 9(7)
SCHEDULE 3Standard Payment Rates for Capital Items
This schedule has no associated Executive Note
A beneficiary is eligible for payment for these capital items only where the beneficiary has undertaken to carry out or beneficiary has undertaken to carry out or carry out and maintain an activity under an area related option. The capital items must be carried out in accordance with the requirements in the programme guidance.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Capital Item | Rate of Payment |
| Livestock tracks, gates and river crossing – impacts on diffuse pollution | 50% of actual cost except for gates which are standard cost item |
| Sheep management – additional sheep movement to achieve habitat outcomes | £7.82 per hectare |
| Primary treatment of bracken | £200 per hectare of infested land |
| Manual eradication of rhododendron | £3500 per hectare of infested land |
| Mechanised eradication of rhododendron with or without chemical follow up eradication | £850 per hectare of infested land |
| Chemical eradication of rhododendron | £850 per hectare of infested land |
| Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation:Light vegetation category | £600 per hectare |
| Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation:Intermediate vegetation category | £850 per hectare |
| Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation:Heavy vegetation category | £1250 per hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut scrub/woody vegetation: Light vegetation cover | £500 per hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut scrub/woody vegetation: Intermediate vegetation cover | £1,050 per hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut scrub/woody vegetation: Heavy vegetation cover | £1,450 per hectare |
| Dead wood management | £40 per hectare |
| Stock fence | £4.00 per metre |
| Enhancing/ modifying a stock fence (in black grouse and capercaillie core areas) | £2 per metre |
| Upgrading stock to deer fence | £2.75 per metre |
| Scare or temporary fencing | £1.50 per metre |
| Rabbit proofing existing or new stock/ deer fence | £1.90 per metre |
| Deer fence | £6.90 per metre |
| Enhancing/ modifying a deer fence (in black grouse and capercaillie core areas) | £5 per metre |
| Conversion of deer fence to stock fence (in black grouse and capercaillie core areas) | £2 per metre |
| Fence removal | £2 per metre |
| Gate | i.Gate for stock fence: £100 each ii.Gate for deer fence: £170 each |
| Kissing gate/self-closing gate for non-vehicular access | £350 each |
| Stile | £55 each |
| Stock bridge for bog management | Small bridge : £170 per bridgeLarge bridge for ditch wider than 1.5m : £620 per bridge |
| Small-scale tree and shrub planting (on a site not exceeding 0.25 hectares) | £2 per tree or shrub |
| Replacement or new single trees within a Designed Landscape or to enhance the rural landscape | £100 per tree |
| Post & rail fence | £10 per metre |
| Building/restoring drystone or flagstone dykes | £17.50 per square metre |
| Sand blow fencing | £10.00 per metre |
| Planting of marram grass into areas threatened with erosion | £8 per square metre |
| Provision of water trough to replace traditional watering points | £195 each |
| Installation of water supply pipe to water trough or pasture pump | £3 per metre of pipe laid |
| Water trough pump: cattle operatedpasture or nose pump | £180 per installed pump |
| Soil analysis (including sampling) | £24.90 per sample |
| Planting or re-planting of hedge | £4.30 per metre |
| Coppicing of hedge | £4.00 per metre |
| Laying of hedge | £8.00 per metre |
| Creation or restoration of a pond | £3.00 per square metre |
| Laying down species-rich grassland | £680 per hectare |
| Heather restoration (in black grouse core areas) | £250 per hectare |
| Heather track creation for bog management | £1.50/ metre |
| Peat dam | £0.26 per metre of moor grip to be blocked with peat dams. Minimum payment £300. |
| Ditch blocking with plastic piling dams | (a)For small ditches up to 0.5 metres wide and deep: £60 per dam. |
(b)For medium ditches up to 1 metre wide and deep: £120 per dam. | |
(c)For large ditches of depth up to 1 metre and 2 metre wide:£280 per dam | |
| Underdrain (or culvert) breaking | £20 per drain (or culvert) broken |
| Watercourse Channel Enhancement | £4.00 per linear metre of watercourse |
| Provision of bat or bird box | £15.00 per box |
| Open range deer management to enhance the natural heritage | £3 per hectare of eligible deer range |