Guidance

Annex 2b: List of Higher Tier capital items

Published 25 February 2021

Applies to England

List includes the code, name and payment rate for each Higher Tier capital item.

Code Capital Item Name Capital item Payment Rate
AQ1 Automatic slurry scraper £2760 per passageway/channel
AQ2 Low ammonia emission flooring for livestock buildings £72 per square metre
BN1 Stone-faced bank repair £31 per metre
BN2 Stone-faced bank restoration £86 per metre
BN3 Earth bank creation £13.50 per metre
BN4 Earth bank restoration £7 per metre
BN5 Hedgerow laying £9.40 per metre
BN6 Hedgerow coppicing £4 per metre
BN7 Hedgerow gapping-up £9.50 per metre
BN8 Hedgerow supplement – casting up £3 per metre
BN9 Hedgerow supplement – substantial pre-work £4.10 per metre
BN10 Hedgerow supplement – top binding and staking £3.40 per metre
BN11 Planting new hedges £11.60 per metre
BN12 Stone wall restoration £25 per metre
BN13 Stone wall – top wiring £3.60 per metre
BN14 Stone wall supplement – stone from quarry £44 per metre
BN15 Stone wall supplement – difficult sites £7.90 per metre
FG1 Fencing £4 per metre
FG2 Sheep netting £4.90 per metre
FG3 Permanent electric fencing £4.90 per metre
FG4 Rabbit fencing supplement £2.50 per metre
FG5 Fencing supplement – difficult sites £1.24 per metre
FG7 Anti-predator combination fencing £11.10 per metre
FG8 Anti-predator temporary electric fencing £2.85 per metre
FG9 Deer fencing £7.20 per metre
FG10 Temporary deer fencing £5.20 per metre
FG11 Deer exclosure plot £136 per unit
FG12 Wooden field gate £390 per gate
FG13 Stone gate post £280 per post
FG14 Badger gates £135 per gate
FG15 Water gates £240 per gate
FG16 Deer pedestrian gate £271.50 per gate
FG17 Deer vehicle gate £344.60 per gate
LV1 Cattle grid £835 per item
LV2 Livestock handling facilities up to 80% of costs
LV3 Hard bases for livestock drinkers £110 per base
LV4 Hard bases for livestock feeders £170 per base
LV5 Pasture pumps and associated pipework £220 per pump
LV6 Ram pumps and associated pipework £1,480 per pump
LV7 Livestock troughs £110 per trough
LV8 Pipework for livestock troughs £2.65 per metre
PA1 Implementation plan £1,100 per plan
PA2 Feasibility study up to 100% of actual costs
RP1 Resurfacing of gateways £92 per gateway
RP2 Gateway relocation £340 per gateway
RP3 Watercourse crossings £300 per crossing
RP4 Livestock and machinery hardcore tracks £33 per metre
RP5 Cross drains £245 per drain
RP6 Installation of piped culverts in ditches £340 per culvert
RP7 Sediment ponds and traps £10 per square metre
RP8 Constructed wetlands for the treatment of pollution 50% of costs
RP9 Earth banks and soil bunds £155 per unit (one unit equals 100m of bund)
RP10 Silt filtration dams or seepage barriers £75 per unit
RP11 Swales £5.95 per square metre
RP12 Check dams and woody debris structures £42 for each dam
RP13 Yard – underground drainage pipework £5.50 per metre
RP14 Yard inspection pit £200 per unit
RP15 Concrete yard renewal £27.14 per square metre
RP16 Rainwater goods £11.40 per metre
RP17 Storage tanks underground £350 per cubic metre
RP18 Above ground tanks £100 per cubic metre
RP19 First-flush rainwater diverters/downpipe filters £125 per unit
RP20 Relocation of sheep dips and pens £3,675 per unit
RP21 Relocation of sheep pens only £1,830 per unit
RP22 Sheep dip drainage aprons and sumps £18.25 per square metre
RP23 Installation of livestock drinking troughs (in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep) £68 per unit
RP24 Lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area £118 per square metre
RP25 Lined biobed with existing washdown area £77 per square metre
RP26 Biofilters £990 per unit
RP27 Sprayer or applicator load and wash-down area £40 per square metre
RP28 Roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores) £62 per square metre
RP29 Self-supporting covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores £30.50 per square metre
RP30 Floating covers for slurry and anaerobic digestate stores and lagoons £5.60 per square metre
RP31 Equipment to disrupt tramlines in arable areas £1,500 per machine
RP32 Small leaky woody dam (1m to 2.99m) Indicative designs for small leaky woody dams are in Annex 2c £461.39 per dam
RP33 Large leaky woody dam (3m to 5m) Indicative designs for large leaky woody dams are in Annex 2c £764.42 per dam
SB1 Scrub control and felling diseased trees There is a separate table below with these rates
SB2 Scrub control - difficult sites 80% of actual costs
SB3 Tree removal £144 per tree
SB4 Chemical bracken control £170 per hectare
SB5 Mechanical bracken control £169 per hectare
SB6 Rhododendron control £2,800 per hectare to £4,400 per hectare depending on slope of site and height of plant
TE1 Planting standard hedgerow tree £8.80 per tree
TE2 Planting standard parkland tree £24.50 per tree
TE3 Planting fruit trees £22.50 per tree
TE4 Supply and plant tree £1.28 per tree
TE5 Supplement for use of individual tree-shelters £1.60 per unit
TE6 Tree guard (tube and mesh) £4 per guard
TE7 Tree guard (wood post and rail) £59.50 per guard
TE8 Tree guard (wood post and wire) £84 per guard
TE9 Parkland tree guard - welded steel £170 per tree
TE10 Coppicing bank-side trees £52 per tree
TE11 Tree surgery £96.50 per tree when cutting limbs up to and including 20cm in diameter
TE12 Stump grinding £24 per stump
TE13 Creation of dead wood habitat on trees £175 per tree
TE14 Identification of orchard fruit tree varieties £29 per variety
AC1 Access capital items Up to 100% of actual costs
AC2 Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme (CEVAS) £175 once per agreement
FM1 Management of geodiversity features Up to 100% of actual costs
FM2 Major preparatory work for priority habitats (creation and restoration) and priority species Up to 100% of actual costs
HE1 Historic and archaeological feature protection Up to 100% of actual costs
HE3 Removal of eyesore £290 per item
WB1 Small wildlife box £28.50 per box
WB2 Medium wildlife box £39 per box
WB3 Large wildlife box £100 per box
WN1 Blocking grips or drainage channels £14.80 per block
WN2 Creation of scrapes and gutters £2.80 per square metre
WN3 Ditch, dyke and rhine restoration £7.30 per metre
WN4 Ditch, dyke and rhine creation £8.40 per metre
WN5 Pond management (100 square metres or less) £270 per pond
WN6 Pond management (more than 100 square metres) £170 per 100 square metres
WN7 Restoration of large water bodies Up to 100% of actual costs
WN8 Timber sluice £315 per sluice
WN9 Brick, stone or concrete sluice £2,480 per sluice
WN10 Construction of water penning structures Up to 100% of actual costs
FY1 Deer high seat £300 per unit
FY2 Woodland infrastructure 40% of actual costs

Scrub control and felling trees (SB1) rates - method of removal: machine cut

Stem diameter Percentage covered per hectare Payment per hectare
Less than 7cm Under 50% £260
Less than 7cm 50% and over £520
7cm and above Under 50% £520
7cm and above 50% and over £1,040
Not applicable Under 50% £980
Not applicable 50% and over £1,680