# The Environmental Stewardship (England) Regulations 2005, 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 . . . . . . (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 . . . . . . 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— . . . . . . (b) Payment for professional help in the preparation of management plans £400 per plan --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/621/schedule/2/part/4 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-stewardship-england-regulations-2005/schedule-2/part-4 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.