Part 4 HLS capital works items
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| HLS capital works item | Maximum payment rate |
1 Boundaries— | |
(a) Hedgerow restoration, including laying, coppicing or planting to fill gaps in a hedge, or any combination of these, and follow-up maintenance of restored hedgerows | £5 per metre |
(b) Planting hedges | £5 per metre |
(c) Hedgerow restoration – removal of fence posts and wires | £0.60 per metre |
(d) Hedgerow restoration – preparatory work on hedges more than 1.5 metres wide and 5 metres high | £2.40 per metre |
(e) Hedgerow restoration – additional work which involves use of staking and top binding | £2.40 per metre |
| F1. . . | . . . |
(g) Restoration of stone walls | £16 per metre |
(h) Supplement to (g) above where 50% or more of the stone is imported from elsewhere on the holding | £6 per metre |
(i) Supplement to (g) above where 50% or more of the stone is imported from outside the holding | £30 per metre |
(j) Supplement to (g) above where at least 10 metres of the wall is on slopes exceeding 30 degrees | £7 per metre |
(k) Supplement to (g) above for the installation of stock-proof wiring along upper surface of a stone wall | £1.80 per metre |
(l) Repair of stone-faced hedge banks | £16 per metre |
(m) Restoration of stone-faced hedge banks | £34 per metre |
(n) Restoration of earth banks | £3 per metre |
(o) Supplement to (n) above for additional work in casting up | £1.20 per metre |
(p) Restoration of ditches, dykes or rhines | £2.90 per metre |
2 Fencing associated with conservation works— | |
(a) Installation of sheep fencing | £1.80 per metre |
(b) Installation of post and wire fencing | £1.20 per metre |
(c) Installation of deer fencing in parks of historical interest | £4 per metre |
(d) Installation of rabbit fencing | £1.50 per metre |
(e) Installation of permanent electric fencing | £1.20 per metre |
(f) Installation of high tensile fencing | £1.25 per metre |
(g) Supplement to (a) to (f) above for the installation of fencing in difficult sites | £2.50 per metre |
3 Tree-planting and tree management— | |
(a) Installation of spiral rabbit guards | £0.20 per guard |
(b) Planting of trees, shrubs and whips, including transplanting | £1.60 per tree, shrub, or whip |
(c) Installation of tree-tubes and stakes | £0.50 per tube |
(d) Planting of standard trees in parks of historical interest | £7.50 per tree |
(e) Installation of parkland tree guards (post and wire) in parks of historical interest | £64 per guard |
(f) Installation of welded steel tree guards | £106 per guard |
(g) Planting of fruit trees | £17 per tree |
(h) Installation of orchard tree guards (tube and mesh) | £3.30 per guard |
(i) Installation of orchard tree guards (post and rail) | £36 per guard |
(j) Pruning of orchard trees | £17 per tree |
(k) Coppicing of trees along watercourses | £29 per tree |
(l) Minor tree surgery, including minor pollarding | £43 per tree |
(m) Major tree surgery, including major pollarding | £89 per tree |
(n) Tree removal | £25 per cubic metre |
4 Upland management— | |
(a) Grip-blocking drainage channels | £3.40 per square metre |
5 Wetland— | |
(a) Creation of ditches, rhines and dykes | £3.60 per square metre |
(b) Creation of gutters | £1.90 per square metre |
(c) Installation of earth bunds | £149 per bund |
(d) Installation of culverts | £153 per culvert |
(e) Installation of timber sluices | £314 per sluice |
(f) Installation of brick, stone or concrete sluices | £960 per sluice |
(g) Creation of scrapes | £1.40 per square metre of surface area up to 100 square metres, and £0.90 per square metre thereafter |
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6 Ponds— | |
(a) Creation of ponds | £3 per square metre of surface area up to 100 square metres, and £1 per square metre thereafter |
(b) Restoration of existing ponds | £2.10 per square metre of surface area up to 100 square metres of surface area, and £0.80 per square metre thereafter |
7 Introduction of livestock— | |
(a) Installation of cattle drinking bays | £119 per bay |
(b) Installation of cattle grids | £538 per grid |
(c) Installation of pipelines to supply water | £2 per metre |
(d) Installation of water troughs | £85 per trough |
8 Scrub and bracken— | |
(a) Removal or reduction of scrub, where scrub ground cover is less than 25% | £76 per environmental stewardship agreement, plus £228 per hectare |
(b) Removal or reduction of scrub, where scrub ground cover is not less than 25% and not more than 75% | £76 per environmental stewardship agreement, plus £376 per hectare |
(c) Removal or reduction of scrub where scrub ground cover is more than 75% | £76 per environmental stewardship agreement, plus £583 per hectare |
(d) Removal or reduction of bracken by mechanical means | £106 per environmental stewardship agreement, plus £48 per hectare |
(e) Removal or reduction of bracken by the application of chemicals | £61 per environmental stewardship agreement, plus £112 per hectare |
(f) Difficult site supplement | £7 per hectare |
9 Landscape items— | |
(a) Installation of wooden field gates | £149 per gate |
(b) Installation of stone gate posts | £96 per post |
(c) Removal of eyesores | £120 per eyesore |
(d) Installation of wings for wooden gates | £70 per gate |
10 Conservation of species— | |
(a) Construction of otter holts (using logs) | £108 per holt |
(b) Construction of otter holts (by pipe and chamber) | £203 per holt |
(c) Installation of bird or bat boxes | £28 per box |
(d) Installation of bird strike markers | £1.50 per marker |
(e) Installation of small mammal boxes | £10.00 per box |
(f) Installation of badger gates | £27 per gate |
11 Resource protection— | |
(a) Installation of cross drains under farm tracks | £139 per drain |
(b) Relocation of gates | £136 per gate |
12 Agreement land to which public access is available— | |
(a) Construction of hard standing for car parks | £13 per square metre |
(b) Construction of hard standing for paths suitable for use by disabled people | £15 per square metre |
(c) Installation of bridle gates | £220 per gate |
(d) Installation of kissing gates | £245 per gate |
(e) Installation of kissing gates suitable for wheelchair use | £290 per gate |
(f) Installation of dog gates | £35 per gate |
(g) Installation of timber stiles (other than ladder stiles) | £100 per stile |
(h) Installation of ladder stiles | £125 per stile |
(i) Installation of step-over stiles in stone walls | £115 per stile |
(j) Installation of step-through stiles in stone walls | £85 per stile |
(k) Construction of footbridges | £315 per footbridge |
(l) Installation of benches | £115 per bench |
(m) Payment for professional help in the preparation of notes for schoolteachers in relation to agreement land to which access for educational visits is permitted | £490 per environmental stewardship agreement |
13 Other items— | |
| F3. . . | . . . |
(b) Payment for professional help in the preparation of management plans | £400 per plan |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 2 Pt. 4 entry omitted (30.4.2006) by virtue of The Environmental Stewardship (England) and Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/991), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(a)
- F2
Sch. 2 Pt. 4 entry omitted (30.4.2006) by virtue of The Environmental Stewardship (England) and Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/991), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(b)
- F3
Sch. 2 Pt. 4 entry omitted (30.4.2006) by virtue of The Environmental Stewardship (England) and Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/991), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(c)