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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-premium-scheme-scotland-regulations-1997/schedule-4/part-II",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Countryside Premium Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-premium-scheme-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "CAPITAL ACTIVITIES",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nActivity\nMaximum payment rate\n1.\nBracken control\n£100 per hectare.\n2.\nErection of–\na. stock fence\n£2.50 per metre.\nb. Scare, temporary or rabbit fence\n£1.25 per metre.\nc. deer fence\n£5.50 per metre.\nd. gate and posts\n£20 per metre.\ne. single stile\n£20 per stile.\nf. double stile\n£40 stile.\ng. footbridge\n£125 per footbridge.\n3.\nBuilding or restoration of traditional stone dyke or wall\n£9 per square metre.\n4.\nRestoration of vernacular building\n50% of the cost approved by the Secretary of State.\n5.\nAmenity tree planting\n£1 per tree (maximum 250 trees per 0.25 hectare).\n6.\na. Tree guard and stake\n£1 per tree guard and stake.\nb. Self-supporting tree guard\n35 pence per tree guard.\n7.\nPlanting of marram grass\n£4 per square metre.\n8.\nWater trough\n£100 per trough.\n9.\nPlanting, replanting, coppicing or laying of a hedge\n£3 per metre.\n10.\nCreation or restoration of a pond\n£2 per square metre up to 100 square metres and £1 per square metre thereafter.\n11.\nSowing of species-rich grassland\n£300 per hectare.\n12.\nSand blow fencing\n£7 per metre.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/330/schedule/4/part/II",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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