SCHEDULE 3Standard Payment Rates for Capital Items

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 F1any of the rural priorities options numbered 15 to 57. The capital items must be carried out in accordance with the requirements in the programme guidance .

F6Table A

Column 1

Column 2

Capital Item

Rate of Payment

F7. . .

F7. . .

Primary treatment of bracken

£200 per hectare of infested land

Manual eradication of rhododendron

F2£3700 per hectare of infested land

F3Mechanised (and/or chemical) eradication of rhododendron

F3£1750 per hectare of infested land

F4. . .

F4. . .

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

F5£7.25 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

F8Environmental audit

50% of costs up to a maximum of £200 per plan.

F9Table B—Eligible Capital Items Available Through Capital Item Option 77

Capital Item

Maximum Actual Cost

Primary treatment of bracken

Up to £400 per hectare of infested land

Manual eradication of rhododendron

Up to £7,000 per hectare of infested land

Mechanised (and / or chemical) eradication of rhododendron

Up to £1,700 per hectare of infested land

Eradication of scrub / woody vegetation:

Light vegetation

Up to £1,800 per hectare

Intermediate vegetation

Up to £2,550 per hectare

Heavy vegetation

Up to £3,750 per hectare

Removal from site of the cut shrub / woody vegetation: light vegetation cover

Up to £1,000 per hectare

Removal from site of the cut shrub / woody vegetation: intermediate vegetation cover

Up to £2,100 per hectare

Removal from site of the cut shrub / woody vegetation: heavy vegetation cover

Up to £2,900 per hectare

Stock fence

Up to £8 per metre

Enhancing / modifying a stock fence (in Black Grouse and Capercaillie core areas)

Up to £4 per metre

Upgrading stock to deer fence

Up to £5.51 per metre

Scare or temporary fencing

Up to £3 per metre

Rabbit proofing – existing or new stock / deer fence

Up to £3.79 per metre

Deer fence

Up to £13.79 per metre

Enhancing / modifying a deer fence (in Black Grouse and Capercaillie core areas)

Up to £14.11 per metre

Conversion of deer fence to stock fence (in Black Grouse and Capercaillie core areas)

Up to £4 per metre

Fence removal

Up to £4 per metre

Gate:

For stock fence

Up to £150 each

For deer fence

Up to £255 each

Stock bridge for bog management:

Small bridge

Up to £340 per bridge

Large bridge (for ditch wider than 1.5m)

Up to £2,000 per bridge

Sand blow fencing

Up to £20 per metre

Planting of marram grass into areas threatened with erosion

Up to £16 per square metre

Creation or restoration of a pond

Up to £6 per square metre

Ditch blocking with plastic piling dams:

Small ditches (up to 0.5m wide & deep)

Up to £120 per dam

Medium ditches (between 0.5m and 1m wide & deep)

Up to £240 per dam

Large ditches (between 1m and 2m wide and 0.5m and 1m deep)

Up to £1027.40 per dam