The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020

PART 3 CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

	Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
	Activity name		Description	Maximum payment rate
1. Access and engagement
(a)	Access capital items		Construction of capital items (e.g. gates) to facilitate public access	Up to 100% of actual cost
(b)	Countryside Educational Access Visits Accreditation		Accredited training to carry out educational access visits	£175 once per agreement
2. Boundaries
(a)	Stone-faced bank repair		Repair of stone-faced banks	£31 per m
(b)	Stone-faced bank restoration		Restoration of stone-faced banks	£86 per m
(c)	Earth bank creation		Creation of earth banks	£13.50 per m
(d)	Earth bank restoration		Restoration of earth banks	£7 per m
(e)	Hedgerow laying		Laying of hedgerows	£9.40 per m
(f)	Hedgerow coppicing		Coppicing of hedgerows	£4 per m
(g)	Hedgerow gapping-up		Planting up gaps to create a continuous hedgerow	£9.50 per m
(h)	Hedgerow supplement - casting up		Restoration of hedgerow earth banks	£3 per m
(i)	Hedgerow supplement – substantial pre-work		Restoration of hedgerow where substantial extra work is required	£4.10 per m
(j)	Hedgerow supplement – top binding and staking		Strengthening laid hedges by top binding and staking	£3.40 per m
(k)	Planting new hedges		Planting new hedges	£11.60 per m
(l)	Stone wall restoration		Restoration of stone walls	£25 per m
(m)	Top wiring - stone wall		Restoration of stone walls with top wiring	£3.60 per m
(n)	Stone wall supplement – stone from quarry		Restoration of stone walls where there is insufficient re-usable stone on farm	£44 per m
(o)	Stone wall supplement – difficult sites/m		Restoration of stone walls on particularly difficult sites	£7.90 per m
3. Feature management
(a)	Management of geodiversity features		Management of sensitive geological features	Up to 100% of actual costs
(b)	Major preparatory works for Priority Habitat (creation and restoration) and for Priority Species		Major preparatory works for Priority Habitat (creation and restoration) and for Priority Species	Up to 100% of actual costs
4. Fencing and gates
(a)	Fencing		Installation of fencing	£4.00 per m
(b)	Sheep netting		Installation of sheep netting	£4.90 per m
(c)	Permanent electric fencing		Installation of permanent electric fencing	£4.90 per m
(d)	Rabbit fencing supplement		Installation of rabbit fencing	£2.50 per m
(e)	Fencing supplement - difficult sites		Installation of fencing in difficult sites	£1.24 per m
(f)	Anti-predator combination fencing		Installation of permanent anti-predator combination fencing	£11.10 per m
(g)	Anti-predator temporary electric fencing		Installation of temporary electric anti-predator fencing	£2.85 per m
(h)	Deer fencing		Installation of permanent deer fencing in woodland	£7.20 per m
(i)	Temporary deer fencing		Installation of temporary deer fencing in woodland	£5.20 per m
(j)	Deer exclosure plot		Erection of a deer exclosure plot to protect areas of woodland	£136 per unit
(k)	Wooden field gate		Installation of wooden field gates	£390 per gate
(l)	Stone gate post		Installation of stone gate posts	£280 per post
(m)	Badger gate		Installation of badger gates	£135 per gate
(n)	Water gates		Installation of gates across rivers or streams to prevent livestock access	£240 per gate
4. Forestry
(a)	Deer high seat		Installation of a temporary vantage point to cull deer	£300 per unit
(b)	Woodland infrastructure		Construction of infrastructure to improve vehicle access to woodland	40% of actual costs
5. Historic environment and landscape
(a)	Historic and archaeological feature protection		Protection of historic and archaeological features	Up to 100% of actual costs
(b)	Historic building restoration		Restoration of historic buildings in rural areas	Up to 80% of actual costs
(c)	Removal of eyesore		Removal of eyesores	£290 per item
6. Livestock
(a)	Cattle grid		Installation of cattle grids	£835 per item
(b)	Livestock handling facilities		Installation of livestock handling facilities	Up to 80% of actual costs
(c)	Hard bases for livestock drinkers		Construction of a hard base for livestock when drinking	£110 per base
(d)	Hard bases for livestock feeders		Construction of a hard base for livestock when feeding	£170 per base
(e)	Pasture pumps and associated pipework		Installation of pasture pumps and associated pipework	£220 per pump
(f)	Ram pumps and associated pipework		Installation of ram pumps and associated pipework	£1,480 per pump
(g)	Livestock troughs		Installation of livestock drinking troughs	£110 per trough
(h)	Pipework associated with livestock troughs		Installation of pipework for livestock drinking troughs	£2.65 per m
7. Payment for advice
(a)	Implementation Plan		Production of a detailed plan to meet the requirements of another activity in this Schedule	£1,100 per plan
(b)	Feasibility study		Inform the protection or management of habitats, features or species by providing sufficient information to plan and prescribe management over the length of a multi-annual agreement.	Up to 100% of actual costs
(c)	Woodland management plan		Production of a 10 year management plan for woodland	First 100 ha - £20 per ha (minimum payment £1,000)
				Over 100 ha - £10 per ha
8. Scrub, tree and bracken control
(a)	Scrub control & felling diseased trees		Control or management of scrub, and removal of diseased or immature trees	Payments range from £260 to £1680 per ha subject to site conditions and method of removal.
(b)	Scrub control – difficult sites		Control of scrub on difficult sites	Up to 80% of actual costs
(c)	Tree removal		Tree removal	£144 per tree
(d)	Chemical bracken control		Removal or reduction of bracken by the application of chemicals	£170 per ha
(e)	Mechanical bracken control		Removal or reduction of bracken by mechanical means	£169 per ha
(f)	Rhododendron control		Destruction of rhododendron in a target area	Payments range from £2,800 to £4,400 per hectare subject to site conditions.
9. Soil and water
(a)		Resurfacing of gateways	Resurfacing of gateways	£92 per gateway
(b)		Gateway relocation	Relocation of gateways to prevent water run off	£340 per gateway
(c)		Watercourse crossings	Construction of watercourse crossing for livestock and machinery	£300 per crossing
(d)		Livestock and machinery hardcore tracks	Construction of hardcore tracks for livestock and machinery	£33 per m
(e)		Cross drains	Installation of cross drains under farm tracks or yard	£245 per drain
(f)		Installation of piped culverts in ditches	Installation of piped culverts in ditches/unit	£340 per culvert
(g)		Sediment ponds and traps	Creation of sediment ponds and/or traps	£10 per sq m
(h)		Constructed wetlands for the treatment of pollution	Construction and maintenance of a wetland area to treat polluted water	50% of costs
(i)		Earth banks and soil bunds	Creation of earth banks and/or soil bunds	£155 for each unit (100m of bund)
(j)		Silt filtration dams or seepage barriers	Creation of silt filtration dams and/or seepage barriers	£75 per unit
(k)		Swales	Creation of swales	£5.95 per sq m
(l)		Check dams	Construction of check dams or woody debris dams in woodland	£42 per dam
(m)		Yard – underground drainage pipework	Installation of underground drainage pipework for yards	£5.50 per m
(n)		Yard inspection pit	Construction of yard inspection pits	£200 per unit
(o)		Concrete yard renewal	Construction of concrete yard with improved or upgraded drainage	£27.14 per sq m
(p)		Rainwater goods	Installation of new guttering and downpipes on existing farmyard buildings	£11.40 per m
(q)		Storage tanks underground	Installation of underground rainwater storage tanks	£350 per cubic metre (“cu m”)
(r)		Above ground tanks	Installation of above ground rainwater storage tanks	£100 per cu m
(s)		First flush rainwater diverters/downpipe filters	Installation of rainwater diverters and filters	£125 per unit
(t)		Relocation of sheep dips and pens	Relocation of sheep dips and pens	£3,675 per unit
(u)		Relocation of sheep pens only	Relocation of sheep pens only	£1,830 per unit
(v)		Sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps	Design and installation of sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps	£18.25 per sq m
(w)		Installation of livestock drinking troughs (in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep)	Installation of livestock drinking troughs in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep	£68 per unit
(x)		Lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area	Installation of a lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area	£118 per sq m
(y)		Lined biobed with existing washdown area	Installation of a line biobed with an existing washdown area	£77 per sq m
(z)		Biofilters/unit	Installation of biofilters	£990 per unit
(aa)		Sprayer or applicator load and washdown area	Installation of a sprayer or applicator load and washdown area	£40 per sq m
(ab)		Roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores)	Installation of roofing for sprayer washdown areas, manure storage areas, livestock gathering areas, slurry and silage stores.	£62 per sq m
(ac)		Self-supporting covers for slurry stores	Installation of self-supporting covers for slurry stores	£30.50 per sq m
(ad)		Floating covers for slurry stores and lagoons)	Installation of floating covers for slurry stores and lagoons	£5.60 per sq m
(ae)		Equipment to disrupt tramlines in arable areas	Purchase of equipment to loosen soil in tramline area	£1,500 per machine
(af)		Small leaky woody dams	Creation of small leaky woody dams (between 1m and 2.99m)	£461.39 per dam
(ag)		Large leaky woody dams	Creation of large leaky woody dams (between 3m and 5m)	£764.42 per dam
10. Trees and orchards
(a)		Planting standard hedgerow tree	Planting of standard hedgerow trees	£8.80 per tree
(b)		Planting standard parkland tree	Planting of standard parkland trees	£24.50 per tree
(c)		Planting fruit trees	Planting of fruit trees	£22.50 per tree
(d)		Supply and plant tree	Supply and plant trees	£1.28 per tree
(e)		Supplement for use of individual tree-shelters	Installation of individual tree-shelters after planting	£1.60 per unit
(f)		Tree guard (tube and mesh)	Installation of tree guards (tube and mesh)	£4 per guard
(g)		Tree guard (wood post and rail)	Installation of tree guards (wood post and rail)	£59.50 per guard
(h)		Tree guard (wood post and wire)	Installation of tree guards (wood post and wire)	£84 per guard
(i)		Parkland tree guard – welded steel	Installation of welded steel tree guards	£170 per tree
(j)		Coppicing bankside trees	Coppicing of trees along watercourses	£52 per tree
(k)		Tree surgery	Tree surgery	£96.50 per tree when cutting limbs up to and including 20 centimetres (“cm”) in diameter
				£200 per tree when cutting limbs over 20cm in diameter
(l)		Stump grinding	Stump grinding	£24 per stump
(m)		Creation of dead wood habitat on trees	Creation of dead wood habitat on trees	£175 per tree
(n)		Identification of orchard fruit tree varieties	Identification of orchard fruit tree varieties	£29 per variety
11. Wetlands
(a)		Grip blocking drainage channels	Installation of grip-blocking drainage channels	£14.80 per block
(b)		Creation of scrapes and gutters	Creation of scrapes or gutters	£2.80 per sq m
(c)		Ditch, dyke and rhine restoration	Restoration of ditches, dykes or rhines	£7.30 per m
(d)		Ditch, dyke and rhine creation	Creation of ditches, dykes or rhines	£8.40 per m
(e)		Pond management – first 100 sq m	Creation or restoration of ponds with an area of less than 100 sq m	£270 per pond
(f)		Pond management – areas more than 100 sq m	Creation or restoration of ponds with an area of at least 100 sq m	£170 per 100 sq m
(g)		Restoration of large water bodies	Restoration of large water bodies	Up to 100% of actual costs
(h)		Timber sluice	Installation of timber sluices	£315 per sluice
(i)		Brick, stone or concrete sluice	Installation of brick, stone or concrete sluices	£2,480 per sluice
(j)		Construction of water penning structures	Construction of water penning structures	Up to 100% of actual costs
12. Wildlife boxes
(a)		Small wildlife box	Installation of a small wildlife box	£28.50 per box
(b)		Medium wildlife box	Installation of a medium wildlife box	£39 per box
(c)		Large wildlife box	Installation of a large wildlife box	£100 per box