Guidance

Annex 2b List of Higher Tier capital items

Published 29 June 2023

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/ha
SB5	Mechanical bracken control	£169/ha
SB6	Rhododendron control	£2,800/ha to £4,400/ha 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/ha	Payment/ha
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