This item is part of Capital Grants 2026. You must read the Capital Grants 2026 guidance to understand the rules and how to apply.
\nIf you’re applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, you must read the CSHT applicant’s guide to understand the rules and how to apply.
£53.95 per tree.
\n\nCoppicing of bankside trees improves their longevity. It provides valuable habitat and habitat corridors in river valley and wetland landscapes. In the right location, it can help:
\n\nYou can use this item on trees growing on or within 5 metres (m) of a streamside or riverbank. The trees cannot be currently managed under a regular coppicing programme.
\n\nYou must :
\n\nYou must keep photographs of the completed work and provide them with your claim.
\n\nYou must also keep and provide on request:
\n\nRead the record keeping and site visit requirements in the Agreement holder’s guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants for more information.
\n\nIf you’re applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the CSHT agreement holder’s guide.
\n\nThe following advice may help you to use this item, but you do not have to follow it to get paid. It’s not part of this item’s requirements.
\n\nUse this item for individual or small groups of trees along a streamside or riverbank.
\n\nIt can be used to either bring trees into a coppicing programme or for the selection of single stems to grow on to become mature trees.
\n\nConsider the short-term impact on the ecology, and visual impact on the landscape when determining the percentage of trees to be coppiced along any stretch of watercourse.
\n\nAngle cuts away from the centre of the crown when coppicing to allow water to run off.
\n\nThe cut material can either be safely stacked in piles on the site or secured (using biodegradable fixings) in the channel as large woody material. Alternatively remove it from site if it is likely to cause an issue if moved by flood waters.
\n\nAim to manage trees along a streamside or riverbank in rotation over several years. There should be some mature woody growth that is providing habitat and potentially dappled shade to the river channel.
\n\nIt’s important to maintain a balance between light and shade to a river and stream. A ratio of 60% open water to 40% dappled shade represents a reasonable balance in most situations. Chalk streams are generally more open than this and rivers and streams in wooded landscapes may be more shaded.
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