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The Rural Development Contracts (Rural Priorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011
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Regulation 55(c)
SCHEDULE 2SUBSTITUTION OF TABLE D IN PART 2 OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
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Table D
Standard Costs for Forestry Operations/Capital Items
Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
Item | Standard Cost |
| Fell/extract dangerous trees | £200 per tree |
| Manual brashing | £0.35 per tree |
| High pruning | £1.30 per tree |
| Badger gates installed in fence lines which are cutting across an established badger run | £110 per gate |
| Respace natural regeneration | £600 per hectare |
| Early pruning of trees | £375 per hectare |
| High pruning of trees | £660 per hectare |
| Woodland thinning | £520 per hectare |
| Removal of tree crop to waste 3-6 metres high | £1,100 per hectare |
| Woodland clearance - felling of waste | £975 per hectare |
| Woodland clearance - felling and extraction | £1375 per hectare |
| Seedling tree removal | £35 per hectare |
| Chipping/mulching of tree debris and brash | £500 per hectare |
| Restructuring with Caledonian Scots pine | £411.64 per hectare |
| Restructuring with diverse conifers | £411.64 per hectare |
| Restructuring with mixed broadleaves | £1,030.14 per hectare |
| Restructuring with native broadleaves | £1,100 per hectare |
| Restructuring with mixed conifer and broadleaves | £595.89 per hectare |
| Woodland deer impact reduction | £30 per hectare for deer control during the first 5 years of a Deer Management Plan |
| Forest plan preparation | £20 per hectare for first 200 hectares, £5 per hectare thereafter with a minimum payment of £400 and a maximum payment of £15,000 |
| Dead wood management | £40 per hectare |
| Stock fence | £4 per metre |
| Enhancing/modifying a stock fence in black grouse and capercaillie core areas | £2 per metre |
| New deer fence | £7.25 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 |
| 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 for stock fence | £100 each |
| Gate for deer fence | £170 each |
| Ditch/drain blocking with plastic piling dams: Small ditches (up to 0.5 metres wide and deep) | £60 per dam |
| Ditch/drain blocking with plastic piling dams: Medium ditches (between 0.5 and 1 metre wide and deep) | £120 per dam |
| Ditch/drain blocking with plastic piling dams: Large ditches (between 1 and 2 metres wide and 0.5 and 1 metre deep) | £280 per dam |
| Peat dam | £0.26 per metre of drain or furrow blocked with peat dams. Minimum payment £300 |
| Small scale tree and shrub planting (on a site not exceeding 0.25 hectares) | £2 per tree or shrub |
| Provision of bat and bird boxes | £15 per box |
| Primary treatment of bracken | £200/hectare of infested land |
| Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation: Light vegetation | £600/hectare |
| Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation: Intermediate vegetation | £850/hectare |
| Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation: Heavy vegetation | £1250/hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut shrub/woody vegetation: Light vegetation | £500/hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut shrub/woody vegetation: Intermediate vegetation | £1050/hectare |
| Removal from site of the cut shrub/woody vegetation: Heavy vegetation | £1450/hectare |
| Provision of water troughs 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 operated pasture or nose pump | £180 per installed pump |
Stock bridge for bog management: Small bridge Large bridge (for ditch wider than 1.5 metres) | £170 per bridge £620 per bridge |
| Heather management (in black grouse and Capercaillie core areas) | £250/hectare |
Manual eradication of rhododendron: Light infestation/easy access Medium infestation/access Difficult access | £4,500 per hectare of infested land £6,100 per hectare of infested land £9,500 per hectare of infested land |
Mechanised eradication of rhododendron: Light infestation/easy access Medium infestation/access Difficult access | £1,800 per hectare of infested land £2,400 per hectare of infested land £2,900 per hectare of infested land |
| Chemical eradication of rhododendron by foliar or stem injection | £1,500 per hectare of infested land |
| Self-closing/kissing gate for non-vehicular access | £350 each |
| Stile | £55 each |
| Building/restoring drystane or flagstone dykes | £17.50 per square metre |
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