SCHEDULE 2SUBSTITUTION OF TABLE D IN PART 2 OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

Regulation 55(c)

Table D

Standard Costs for Forestry Operations/Capital Items

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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