Guidance
Capital items payment rate changes from 5 January 2023
Updated 18 January 2023
Applies to England
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Countryside Stewardship capital payment rates
| Option Code | Option | Previous rate | Rate from 5 Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AC2 | Countryside educational visits accreditation / agreement | £175.00 | £277.26 |
| AQ1 | Automatic slurry scraper / channel | £2,760.00 | £2,760.00 |
| AQ2 | Low ammonia emission flooring for livestock building / sq m | £72.00 | £72.00 |
| BC3 | Crop protection fencing mesh and wire for permanent crops / m | £3.20 | £3.20 |
| BC4 | Tree guard post and wire / tree guard | £84.00 | £84.00 |
| BN1 | Stone-faced bank repair / m | £31.00 | £67.25 |
| BN2 | Stone-faced bank restoration / m | £86.00 | £163.26 |
| BN3 | Creation of new earth banks / m | £13.50 | £20.59 |
| BN4 | Earth bank restoration / m | £7.00 | £10.54 |
| BN5 | Hedgerow laying / m | £9.40 | £13.52 |
| BN6 | Hedgerow coppicing / m | £4.00 | £5.33 |
| BN7 | Hedgerow gapping up / m | £9.50 | £17.22 |
| BN8 | Hedgerow supplement - casting up / m | £3.00 | £4.39 |
| BN9 | Hedgerow supplement – substantial pre-work / m | £4.10 | £7.06 |
| BN10 | Hedgerow supplement – top binding / m | £3.40 | £5.82 |
| BN11 | Hedgerow planting – new hedges / m | £11.60 | £22.97 |
| BN12 | Stone wall restoration / m | £25.00 | £31.91 |
| BN13 | Stone wall supplement – difficult sites / m | £3.60 | £5.54 |
| BN14 | Stonewall supplement – stone from quarry / m | £44.00 | £164.50 |
| BN15 | Stonewall supplement – difficult sites / m | £7.90 | £15.91 |
| FG1 | Fencing / m | £4.00 | £6.34 |
| FG2 | Sheep netting / m | £4.90 | £7.47 |
| FG3 | Permanant electric fencing / m | £4.90 | £5.66 |
| FG4 | Rabbit fencing supplement / m | £2.50 | £5.65 |
| FG5 | Fencing supplement – difficult sites | £1.24 | £3.98 |
| FG7 | Anti-predator fencing / m | £11.10 | £13.76 |
| FG8 | Anti-predator temporary electric fencing / m | £2.85 | £2.84 |
| FG9 | Deer fencing | £7.20 | £10.27 |
| FG10 | Temporary deer fencing / m | £5.20 | £8.09 |
| FG11 | Deer exclosure plot / unit | £136.00 | £212.56 |
| FG12 | Wooden field gate / gate | £390.00 | £489.90 |
| FG13 | Stone gate post / post | £280.00 | £651.42 |
| FG14 | Badger gate / gate | £135.00 | £61.81 |
| FG15 | Water gate / gate | £240.00 | £532.80 |
| FG16 | Deer pedestrian gate / gate | £271.50 | £475.44 |
| FG17 | Deer vehicle gate / gate | £344.60 | £749.63 |
| FY1 | Deer high seat / unit | £300.00 | £265.00 |
| FY3 | Squirrel traps and maintenance | new rate for 2023 | 80% of actual costs |
| HE3 | Removal of eyesores / item | £290.00 | £500.47 |
| LV1 | Cattle grid / item | £835.00 | £2,878.80 |
| LV3 | Hard bases for livestock drinker / base | £110.00 | £179.15 |
| LV4 | Hard bases for livestock feeder / base | £170.00 | £290.63 |
| LV5 | Pasture pumps and pipework / pump | £220.00 | £295.90 |
| LV6 | Ram pumps and pipework / pump | £1,480.00 | £1,861.00 |
| LV7 | Livestock drinking troughs / trough | £110.00 | £152.92 |
| LV8 | Pipework for livestock troughs / m | £2.65 | £3.31 |
| PA1 | Implementation plan / plan | £1,100.00 | £1,200.00 |
| PA3 | Woodland management plan / ha (First 100ha, minimum payment £1,500) | £20.00 (min payment £1,000.00) | £30.00 (min payment £1,500) |
| PA3 | Woodland management plan / ha (First 100ha, minimum payment £1,500) Over 100ha | £10.00 | £15.00 |
| RP1 | Resurfacing of gateways / gateway | £92.00 | £136.95 |
| RP2 | Gateway relocation / gateway | £340.00 | £369.59 |
| RP3 | Watercourse crossings / crossing | £300.00 | £105.63 |
| RP4 | Livestock and machinery hardcore tracks / m | £33.00 | £44.63 |
| RP5 | Cross drains / drain | £245.00 | £750.26 |
| RP6 | Culvert / culvert | £340.00 | £376.23 |
| RP7 | Sediment ponds and traps / sq m | £10.00 | £11.88 |
| RP9 | Earth banks and soil bunds / unit | £155.00 | £195.61 |
| RP10 | Silt filtration dams or seepage barriers / unit | £75.00 | £198.14 |
| RP11 | Swales and check dams / sq m | £5.95 | £7.52 |
| RP12 | Check dam / dam | £42.00 | £85.29 |
| RP13 | Yard-underground drainage pipework / m | £5.50 | £2.02 |
| RP14 | Yard inspection pit / unit | £200.00 | £200.00 |
| RP15 | Concrete yard renewal / sq m | £27.14 | £33.64 |
| RP16 | Rainwater goods / m | £11.40 | £11.55 |
| RP17 | Storage tanks underground / cubic m | £350.00 | £441.98 |
| RP18 | Above ground tanks / cubic m | £100.00 | £73.34 |
| RP19 | Rainwater down pipe diverter and filter / unit | £125.00 | £174.59 |
| RP20 | Relocation of sheep dips and pens / unit | £3,675.00 | £3,544.71 |
| RP21 | Relocation of sheep pens only / unit | £1,830.00 | £1,772.35 |
| RP22 | Sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps / sq m | £18.25 | £19.50 |
| RP23 | Installation of livestock drinking troughs / unit | £68.00 | £152.92 |
| RP24 | Lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area / sq m | £118.00 | £119.77 |
| RP25 | Lined biobed with existing washdown area / sq m | £77.00 | £66.24 |
| RP26 | Biofilters / Unit | £990.00 | £2026.14 |
| RP27 | Sprayer or applicator load and washdown area / sq m | £40.00 | £35.86 |
| RP28 | Roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores)/sq m | £62.00 | £72.50 |
| RP29 | Self-supporting covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores / sq m | £30.50 | £29.50 |
| RP30 | Floating covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores and lagoons / sq m | £5.60 | £2.75 |
| RP31 | Equipment to disrupt tramlines in arable areas / machine | £1,500.00 | £1,500.00 |
| RP32 | Small leaky dams / dam | £461.39 | £461.39 |
| RP33 | Large leaky dams / dam | £764.42 | £764.42 |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees / ha (Machine cut - less than 7cm diameter / under 50% coverage) | £260.00 | £375.00 |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees / ha (Machine cut - less than 7cm diameter / over 50% coverage) | £520.00 | £750.00 |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees / ha (Machine cut - 7cm and above diameter / under 50% coverage) | £520.00 | £750.00 |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees / ha (Machine cut - 7cm and above diameter / over 50% coverage) | £1,040.00 | £1,500.00 |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees / ha (Manual cut - under 50% coverage) | £980.00 | £1,408.75 |
| SB1 | Scrub control and felling diseased trees / ha (Manual cut - 50% and over coverage) | £1680.00 | £2424.20 |
| SB3 | Tree removal / tree | £144.00 | £155.17 |
| SB4 | Chemical bracken control / ha | £170.00 | £270.90 |
| SB5 | Mechanical bracken control / ha | £169.00 | £190.90 |
| SB6 | Rhododendron control / ha Level or gentle slope (0 to 11 degree incline) | £2,800.00 | £3,500.00 |
| SB6 | Rhododendron control / ha Moderate slope (12 to 18 degree incline) | £3,200.00 | £4,000.00 |
| SB6 | Rhododendron control / ha Steep or very steep slope (19 degrees or more) | £4,400.00 | £5,500.00 |
| TE1 | Plant hedgerow tree / tree | £8.80 | £19.06 |
| TE2 | Plant standard parkland tree / tree | £24.50 | £123.94 |
| TE3 | Plant fruit tree / tree | £22.50 | £28.07 |
| TE4 | Supply and plant tree / tree | £1.28 | £1.72 |
| TE5 | Supplement for individual tree shelters / unit | £1.60 | £2.43 |
| TE6 | Tree guard – tube and mesh / guard | £4.00 | £3.95 |
| TE7 | Tree guard – post and rail / guard | £59.50 | £109.64 |
| TE8 | Tree guard (wood post and wire) / guard | £84.00 | £132.16 |
| TE9 | Parkland tree guard – welded steel / tree | £170.00 | £402.73 |
| TE10 | Coppicing bankside trees / tree | £52.00 | £53.95 |
| TE11 | Tree surgery / tree (Limbs up to and including 20cm diameter) | £96.50 | £73.36 |
| TE11 | Tree surgery / tree (Limbs over 20cm diameter) | £200.00 | £146.72 |
| TE12 | Stump grinding / stump | £24.00 | £96.00 |
| TE13 | Creation of deadwood habitat on trees / tree | £175.00 | £285.58 |
| TE14 | Identification of fruit tree varieties / variety | £29.00 | £20.00 |
| WB1 | Bird box – small / box | £28.50 | £11.95 |
| WB2 | Bird box – medium / box | £39.00 | £27.91 |
| WB3 | Bird box – large / box | £100.00 | £38.28 |
| WN1 | Grip blocking drainage channels / block | £14.80 | £19.06 |
| WN2 | Creation of scrapes and gutters / sq m | £2.80 | £2.23 |
| WN3 | Ditch, dyke and rhine restoration/ m | £7.30 | £5.72 |
| WN4 | Ditch, dyke and rhine creation / m | £8.40 | £13.63 |
| WN5 | Pond management, less than 100m / pond | £270.00 | £282.15 |
| WN6 | Pond management, over 100m / 100 sq m | £170.00 | £188.94 |
| WN8 | Timber sluice / sluice | £315.00 | £451.50 |
| WN9 | Brick, stone or concrete sluice / sluice | £2,480.00 | £2,901.40 |