SCHEDULEEligible capital items available through capital item Option 77

Regulation 8(d)

Table 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