# The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020, Part 3: CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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Activity name
Description
Maximum payment rate
1. Access and engagement
(a)
Access capital items
Construction of capital items (e.g. gates) to facilitate public access
Up to 100% of actual cost
(b)
Countryside Educational Access Visits Accreditation
Accredited training to carry out educational access visits
£175 once per agreement
2. Boundaries
(a)
Stone-faced bank repair
Repair of stone-faced banks
£31 per m
(b)
Stone-faced bank restoration
Restoration of stone-faced banks
£86 per m
(c)
Earth bank creation
Creation of earth banks
£13.50 per m
(d)
Earth bank restoration
Restoration of earth banks
£7 per m
(e)
Hedgerow laying
Laying of hedgerows
£9.40 per m
(f)
Hedgerow coppicing
Coppicing of hedgerows
£4 per m
(g)
Hedgerow gapping-up
Planting up gaps to create a continuous hedgerow
£9.50 per m
(h)
Hedgerow supplement - casting up
Restoration of hedgerow earth banks
£3 per m
(i)
Hedgerow supplement – substantial pre-work
Restoration of hedgerow where substantial extra work is required
£4.10 per m
(j)
Hedgerow supplement – top binding and staking
Strengthening laid hedges by top binding and staking
£3.40 per m
(k)
Planting new hedges
Planting new hedges
£11.60 per m
(l)
Stone wall restoration
Restoration of stone walls
£25 per m
(m)
Top wiring - stone wall
Restoration of stone walls with top wiring
£3.60 per m
(n)
Stone wall supplement – stone from quarry
Restoration of stone walls where there is insufficient re-usable stone on farm
£44 per m
(o)
Stone wall supplement – difficult sites/m
Restoration of stone walls on particularly difficult sites
£7.90 per m
3. Feature management
(a)
Management of geodiversity features
Management of sensitive geological features
Up to 100% of actual costs
(b)
Major preparatory works for Priority Habitat (creation and restoration) and for Priority Species
Major preparatory works for Priority Habitat (creation and restoration) and for Priority Species
Up to 100% of actual costs
4. Fencing and gates
(a)
Fencing
Installation of fencing
£4.00 per m
(b)
Sheep netting
Installation of sheep netting
£4.90 per m
(c)
Permanent electric fencing
Installation of permanent electric fencing
£4.90 per m
(d)
Rabbit fencing supplement
Installation of rabbit fencing
£2.50 per m
(e)
Fencing supplement - difficult sites
Installation of fencing in difficult sites
£1.24 per m
(f)
Anti-predator combination fencing
Installation of permanent anti-predator combination fencing
£11.10 per m
(g)
Anti-predator temporary electric fencing
Installation of temporary electric anti-predator fencing
£2.85 per m
(h)
Deer fencing
Installation of permanent deer fencing in woodland
£7.20 per m
(i)
Temporary deer fencing
Installation of temporary deer fencing in woodland
£5.20 per m
(j)
Deer exclosure plot
Erection of a deer exclosure plot to protect areas of woodland
£136 per unit
(ja)
Deer pedestrian gate
Installation of deer pedestrian gate
£271.50 per unit
(jb)
Deer vehicle gate
Installation of deer vehicle gate
£344.60 per unit
(k)
Wooden field gate
Installation of wooden field gates
£390 per gate
(l)
Stone gate post
Installation of stone gate posts
£280 per post
(m)
Badger gate
Installation of badger gates
£135 per gate
(n)
Water gates
Installation of gates across rivers or streams to prevent livestock access
£240 per gate
4A. Forestry
(a)
Deer high seat
Installation of a temporary vantage point to cull deer
£300 per unit
(b)
Woodland infrastructure
Construction of infrastructure to improve vehicle access to woodland
40% of actual costs
5. Historic environment and landscape
(a)
Historic and archaeological feature protection
Protection of historic and archaeological features
Up to 100% of actual costs
(b)
Historic building restoration
Restoration of historic buildings in rural areas
Up to 80% of actual costs
(c)
Removal of eyesore
Removal of eyesores
£290 per item
6. Livestock
(a)
Cattle grid
Installation of cattle grids
£835 per item
(b)
Livestock handling facilities
Installation of livestock handling facilities
Up to 80% of actual costs
(c)
Hard bases for livestock drinkers
Construction of a hard base for livestock when drinking
£110 per base
(d)
Hard bases for livestock feeders
Construction of a hard base for livestock when feeding
£170 per base
(e)
Pasture pumps and associated pipework
Installation of pasture pumps and associated pipework
£220 per pump
(f)
Ram pumps and associated pipework
Installation of ram pumps and associated pipework
£1,480 per pump
(g)
Livestock troughs
Installation of livestock drinking troughs
£110 per trough
(h)
Pipework associated with livestock troughs
Installation of pipework for livestock drinking troughs
£2.65 per m
7. Payment for advice
(a)
Implementation Plan
Production of a detailed plan to meet the requirements of another activity in this Schedule
£1,100 per plan
(b)
Feasibility study
Inform the protection or management of habitats, features or species by providing sufficient information to plan and prescribe management over the length of a multi-annual agreement.
Up to 100% of actual costs
(c)
Woodland management plan
Production of a 10 year management plan for woodland
First 100 ha - £20 per ha (minimum payment £1,000)
Over 100 ha - £10 per ha
8. Scrub, tree and bracken control
(a)
Scrub control & felling diseased trees
Control or management of scrub, and removal of diseased or immature trees
Payments range from £260 to £1680 per ha subject to site conditions and method of removal.
(b)
Scrub control – difficult sites
Control of scrub on difficult sites
Up to 80% of actual costs
(c)
Tree removal
Tree removal
£144 per tree
(d)
Chemical bracken control
Removal or reduction of bracken by the application of chemicals
£170 per ha
(e)
Mechanical bracken control
Removal or reduction of bracken by mechanical means
£169 per ha
(f)
Rhododendron control
Destruction of rhododendron in a target area
Payments range from £2,800 to £4,400 per hectare subject to site conditions.
9. Soil and water
(a)
Resurfacing of gateways
Resurfacing of gateways
£92 per gateway
(b)
Gateway relocation
Relocation of gateways to prevent water run off
£340 per gateway
(c)
Watercourse crossings
Construction of watercourse crossing for livestock and machinery
£300 per crossing
(d)
Livestock and machinery hardcore tracks
Construction of hardcore tracks for livestock and machinery
£33 per m
(e)
Cross drains
Installation of cross drains under farm tracks or yard
£245 per drain
(f)
Installation of piped culverts in ditches
Installation of piped culverts in ditches/unit
£340 per culvert
(g)
Sediment ponds and traps
Creation of sediment ponds and/or traps
£10 per sq m
(h)
Constructed wetlands for the treatment of pollution
Construction and maintenance of a wetland area to treat polluted water
50% of costs
(i)
Earth banks and soil bunds
Creation of earth banks and/or soil bunds
£155 for each unit (100m of bund)
(j)
Silt filtration dams or seepage barriers
Creation of silt filtration dams and/or seepage barriers
£75 per unit
(k)
Swales
Creation of swales
£5.95 per sq m
(l)
Check dams
Construction of check dams or woody debris dams in woodland
£42 per dam
(m)
Yard – underground drainage pipework
Installation of underground drainage pipework for yards
£5.50 per m
(n)
Yard inspection pit
Construction of yard inspection pits
£200 per unit
(o)
Concrete yard renewal
Construction of concrete yard with improved or upgraded drainage
£27.14 per sq m
(p)
Rainwater goods
Installation of new guttering and downpipes on existing farmyard buildings
£11.40 per m
(q)
Storage tanks underground
Installation of underground rainwater storage tanks
£350 per cubic metre (“cu m”)
(r)
Above ground tanks
Installation of above ground rainwater storage tanks
£100 per cu m
(s)
First flush rainwater diverters/downpipe filters
Installation of rainwater diverters and filters
£125 per unit
(t)
Relocation of sheep dips and pens
Relocation of sheep dips and pens
£3,675 per unit
(u)
Relocation of sheep pens only
Relocation of sheep pens only
£1,830 per unit
(v)
Sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps
Design and installation of sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps
£18.25 per sq m
(w)
Installation of livestock drinking troughs (in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep)
Installation of livestock drinking troughs in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep
£68 per unit
(x)
Lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area
Installation of a lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area
£118 per sq m
(y)
Lined biobed with existing washdown area
Installation of a line biobed with an existing washdown area
£77 per sq m
(z)
Biofilters/unit
Installation of biofilters
£990 per unit
(aa)
Sprayer or applicator load and washdown area
Installation of a sprayer or applicator load and washdown area
£40 per sq m
(ab)
Roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores)
Installation of roofing for sprayer washdown areas, manure storage areas, livestock gathering areas, slurry and silage stores.
£62 per sq m
(ac)
Self-supporting covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores
Installation of self-supporting covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores
£30.50 per sq m
(ad)
Floating covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores and lagoons)
Installation of floating covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores and lagoons
£5.60 per sq m
(ae)
Equipment to disrupt tramlines in arable areas
Purchase of equipment to loosen soil in tramline area
£1,500 per machine
(af)
Small leaky woody dams
Creation of small leaky woody dams (between 1m and 2.99m)
£461.39 per dam
(ag)
Large leaky woody dams
Creation of large leaky woody dams (between 3m and 5m)
£764.42 per dam
10. Trees and orchards
(a)
Planting standard hedgerow tree
Planting of standard hedgerow trees
£8.80 per tree
(b)
Planting standard parkland tree
Planting of standard parkland trees
£24.50 per tree
(c)
Planting fruit trees
Planting of fruit trees
£22.50 per tree
(d)
Supply and plant tree
Supply and plant trees
£1.28 per tree
(e)
Supplement for use of individual tree-shelters
Installation of individual tree-shelters after planting
£1.60 per unit
(f)
Tree guard (tube and mesh)
Installation of tree guards (tube and mesh)
£4 per guard
(g)
Tree guard (wood post and rail)
Installation of tree guards (wood post and rail)
£59.50 per guard
(h)
Tree guard (wood post and wire)
Installation of tree guards (wood post and wire)
£84 per guard
(i)
Parkland tree guard – welded steel
Installation of welded steel tree guards
£170 per tree
(j)
Coppicing bankside trees
Coppicing of trees along watercourses
£52 per tree
(k)
Tree surgery
Tree surgery
£96.50 per tree when cutting limbs up to and including 20 centimetres (“cm”) in diameter
£200 per tree when cutting limbs over 20cm in diameter
(l)
Stump grinding
Stump grinding
£24 per stump
(m)
Creation of dead wood habitat on trees
Creation of dead wood habitat on trees
£175 per tree
(n)
Identification of orchard fruit tree varieties
Identification of orchard fruit tree varieties
£29 per variety
11. Wetlands
(a)
Grip blocking drainage channels
Installation of grip-blocking drainage channels
£14.80 per block
(b)
Creation of scrapes and gutters
Creation of scrapes or gutters
£2.80 per sq m
(c)
Ditch, dyke and rhine restoration
Restoration of ditches, dykes or rhines
£7.30 per m
(d)
Ditch, dyke and rhine creation
Creation of ditches, dykes or rhines
£8.40 per m
(e)
Pond management – first 100 sq m
Creation or restoration of ponds with an area of less than 100 sq m
£270 per pond
(f)
Pond management – areas more than 100 sq m
Creation or restoration of ponds with an area of at least 100 sq m
£170 per 100 sq m
(g)
Restoration of large water bodies
Restoration of large water bodies
Up to 100% of actual costs
(h)
Timber sluice
Installation of timber sluices
£315 per sluice
(i)
Brick, stone or concrete sluice
Installation of brick, stone or concrete sluices
£2,480 per sluice
(j)
Construction of water penning structures
Construction of water penning structures
Up to 100% of actual costs
12. Wildlife boxes
(a)
Small wildlife box
Installation of a small wildlife box
£28.50 per box
(b)
Medium wildlife box
Installation of a medium wildlife box
£39 per box
(c)
Large wildlife box
Installation of a large wildlife box
£100 per box
13. Air quality
(a)
Automatic slurry scraper
Installation of automatic slurry scraper
£2760 per unit
(b)
Low ammonia emission flooring for livestock buildings
Installation of low ammonia emission flooring for livestock buildings
£72 per sq m

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/41/schedule/part/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-england-regulations-2020/schedule/part-3
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