BN10: Hedgerow supplement - top binding and staking

How much you’llwill be paid paid

£5.82 per metre (m). The payment rate is for the total length of hedgerowboundary under the supplement,option not(not for each side of the boundary. boundary).

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WhenAvailable usedfor withCountryside hedgeStewardship laying,Mid bindingTier, andHigher stakingTier hedgerows will strengthen them allowing them to rejuvenate with new growth to form a continuous hedgerow. This will help control livestock and createCapital habitat for pollinators and birds. Grants.

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Requirements

• use stakes made of straight and clean lengths of hazel, ash or sweet chestnut
• use binders made of straight lengths of hazel, ash or willowwillow, (withwith no side shoots)shoots

EvidenceKeeping you must keep records

YouAgreement mustholders keepwill photographsneed ofto completedkeep workthe andfollowing providerecords with your claim.

You must also keep and supply them on request:

• any consents or permissions connected with the work
• receipted invoicesinvoices, or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
• photographs of each length of hedge entered into the supplement

ReadAgreement holders will need to keep the following records and supply them with the claim:

• photographs of the completed work

Please see the record keeping and siteinspection visit requirements as set out in the Agreementrelevant holder’sMid guide:Tier, Higher Tier or Capital Grants,Grants Higherguidance Tierfor capitalmore grantsdetail. andYou Protectioncan find the latest guidance at Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and Infrastructureimprove grantsthe forland moreyou information.manage.

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• BN5 - Hedgerow laying
• BN8:BN8 - Hedgerow supplement - casting up

• BN9:BN9 - Hedgerow supplement - substantial pre-work

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This supplementitem strengthensis laidto hedgerows.strengthen Youlayed hedges. It should only usebe thisused item where the local style of hedge laying includes top binding and staking.

For example,These include the localMidland and South of England style and Welsh Border styles which include stakes (or crops) and binding. It is not typical of Lancashire/Westmorland styles of hedge laying typicalin in:the north of England.

• Biodiversity

  This item has been identified as being beneficial for biodiversity. All Countryside Stewardship habitat creation, restoration and management options are of great significance for biodiversity recovery, as are the Midlands

• southwide range of England
• Welsharable borders

options in the scheme. Capital items and supplements can support this habitat work depending on the holding’s situation and potential.

The connectivity of habitats is also very important and habitat options should be linked wherever possible. Better connectivity will allow wildlife to move/colonise freely to access water, food, shelter and breeding habitat, and will allow natural communities of both animals and plants to adapt in response to environmental and climate change.

Further information

Read Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the land you manage to find out more information about Mid Tier, Higher Tier and Capital Grants including how to apply.