# The Countryside Premium Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1997, Part II: CAPITAL ACTIVITIES


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Activity
Maximum payment rate
1.
Bracken control
£100 per hectare.
2.
Erection of–
a. stock fence
£2.50 per metre.
b. Scare, temporary or rabbit fence
£1.25 per metre.
c. deer fence
£5.50 per metre.
d. gate and posts
£20 per metre.
e. single stile
£20 per stile.
f. double stile
£40 stile.
g. footbridge
£125 per footbridge.
3.
Building or restoration of traditional stone dyke or wall
£9 per square metre.
4.
Restoration of vernacular building
50% of the cost approved by the Secretary of State.
5.
Amenity tree planting
£1 per tree (maximum 250 trees per 0.25 hectare).
6.
a. Tree guard and stake
£1 per tree guard and stake.
b. Self-supporting tree guard
35 pence per tree guard.
7.
Planting of marram grass
£4 per square metre.
8.
Water trough
£100 per trough.
9.
Planting, replanting, coppicing or laying of a hedge
£3 per metre.
10.
Creation or restoration of a pond
£2 per square metre up to 100 square metres and £1 per square metre thereafter.
11.
Sowing of species-rich grassland
£300 per hectare.
12.
Sand blow fencing
£7 per metre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/330/schedule/4/part/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-premium-scheme-scotland-regulations-1997/schedule-4/part-II
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