Item | Payment Rate |
|---|
Management of Cropped Machair (harvested by binder & stooks gathered into stacks)
Without farmyard manure/seaweed
With farmyard manure/seaweed | £222.00/ha
£233.00/ha
£279.00/ha |
Mammal and bird control (Restricted)*
Predator Control
Crow Control
Predator control for black grouse and capercaillie | £2.00/ha
£270 per trap
actual costs up to £7.50/ha |
Management of Moorland Grazing | £1.30/ha |
Management of Grass Margins and Beetlebanks in Arable Fields | £476.00/ha |
Biodiversity cropping on In-Bye | £71.00/ha |
Supplement where cereal crop harvested by binder and stooks gathered into stacks | £400.00/ha |
Wild bird seed/ Unharvested crop | £396.00/ha |
Management of Hedgerows (landscape or biodiversity) | £0.93/metre |
Management of Extended hedgerows (landscape or biodiversity) | £0.54/metre |
Management of species rich grassland | £111.00/ha |
Bracken management programme for habitat enhancement | £28.00/ha |
Creation and management of species rich grassland | £227.00/ha |
Management of coastal or serpentine heath | £77.00/ha up to 30has
£44.00/ha next 40has
£1.30/ha thereafter |
Management of lowland heath | £123.00/ha |
Management of habitat mosaics | £104.00/ha |
Wildlife management on upland and peatland sites (restricted)* | £0.70/ha |
Arable reversion to grassland/unfertilised grassland includes nutrient reduction | £250.00/ha |
Management of mown grassland for wildlife | £175.00/ha |
Management of mown grassland for corn buntings | £225.00/ha |
Management of mown grassland for corncrakes | £271.00/ha
£381.00/ha
£691.00/ha |
Management of grazed grassland for corncrakes | £313.00/ha |
Creation and management of early and late cover for corncrakes | £800.00/ha |
Management of early and late cover for corncrakes | £162.00/ha |
Management of open grazed or wet grassland for wildlife | £111.00/ha |
Management of Wetland | £90.00/ha |
Creation, restoration and management of wetland | £227.00/ha |
Management/restoration of lowland raised bogs | General Mgt. £40.00/ha
Grazing Mgt. £83.00/ha |
Creation and management of water margins and enhanced riparian buffer areas) | £294.00/ha |
Management of flood plain | £39.00/ha |
Management of buffer areas for fens and lowland raised bogs | £269.00/ha |
Management of ancient wood pasture (i. on in-bye land; ii. on rough grazings) | i. £105.00/ha
ii. £50.00/ha |
Conservation Management Plan with Special Measures for small units
Conservation Management Plan with Special Measures for small units (With Premium) | £25.00/ha plus fixed sum of £180.00
£25.00/ha plus fixed
sum of £275.00/ha |
Retention or introduction of cattle of native or traditional breeds for small units | Introduction:£273.00/ha
Retention:£185.00/ha |
Management of moorland grazings on sites designated for Uplands and Peatlands* | £2.00/ha |
Moorland - Stock disposal | £19.00/ha |
Moorland management - away wintering of sheep | £21.00/ha |
Moorland management - off wintering of sheep | £9.00/ha |
Muirburn and heather swiping | £67.00/ha |
Supplementary food provision for raptors: Hen harriers (restricted)* | £1076.00 per nest |
Supplementary food provision for raptors: Golden eagles (restricted)* | £32.00 per carcass |
Wardening for Golden Eagles (restricted)* | £55.00 per farm unit
£82 per common grazings committee |
Management of Scrub and tall herb communities | £94.00/ha |
Control of Invasive Non-Native Species
Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed and Himalayan balsam
Red squirrel
Grey squirrel | £160.00/ha
£185.00 per trap site per annum
£111.00 per trap per annum |
Soil and Water Management Programme | Option 1. Audit prepared by adviser - 50% of cost up to max £300, otherwise £150.
Option 2. Proportion of costs up to max £30/ha |
Organic Farming Conversion and Organic Farming Maintenance | Please see table below |
Item | Rate |
|---|
Livestock tracks, gates and river crossing - impacts on diffuse pollution | 50% of actual cost except for gates which are standard cost item |
Sheep management - additional sheep movement to achieve habitat outcomes | £7.82/hr |
Primary treatment of bracken | £200/ hectare of infested land |
Manual eradication of rhododendron | £3500/ hectare of infested land |
Mechanised (and/or chemical) eradication of rhododendron | £850/ hectare of infested land |
Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation: Light vegetation category | £600/ hectare |
Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation: Intermediate vegetation category | £850/ hectare |
Eradication of scrub/woody vegetation: Heavy vegetation category | £1250/ hectare |
Removal from site of the cut scrub/woody vegetation: Light vegetation cover | £500/ hectare |
Removal from site of the cut scrub/woody vegetation: Intermediate vegetation cover | £1,050/ hectare |
Removal from site of the cut scrub/woody vegetation: Heavy vegetation cover | £1,450/ hectare |
Dead wood management | £40/ hectare |
Stock fence | £4.00/ metre |
Enhancing/ modifying a stock fence (in black grouse and capercaillie core areas) | £2/ metre |
Upgrading stock to deer fence | £2.75/ metre |
Scare or temporary fencing | £1.50/ metre |
Rabbit proofing - existing or new stock/ deer fence | £1.90/ metre |
Deer fence | £6.90/ metre |
Enhancing/ modifying a deer fence (in black grouse and capercaillie core areas) | £5/ metre |
Conversion of deer fence to stock fence (in black grouse and capercaillie core areas) | £2/ metre |
Fence removal | £2/ 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 bridge
Large 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/tree or shrub |
Replacement or new single trees within a Designed Landscape or to enhance the rural landscape | £100/ tree |
Post & rail fence | £10/ metre |
Building/restoring drystone or flagstone dykes | £17.50 per square metre |
Sand blow fencing | £10.00/ 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-operated pasture or nose pump | £180 per installed pump |
Soil analysis (including sampling) | £24.90 per sample |
Planting or re-planting of hedge | £4.30/ metre |
Coppicing of hedge | £4.00/ metre |
Laying of hedge | £8.00/ 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/ 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 0.5m wide and deep: £60/dam.
(b) For medium ditches up to 1m wide and deep: £120 per dam.
(c) For large ditches of depth up to 1m and 2m wide: £280 per dam |
Underdrain (or culvert) breaking | £20 per drain (or culvert) broken |
Watercourse Channel Enhancement | £4.00/ linear metre of watercourse |
Provision of bat or bird box | £15.00 per box |
Open range deer management to enhance the natural heritage | £3/ha of eligible deer range |