HEF5: Control scrub on historic and archaeological features
What is HEF5?
HEF5 is an action under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. It pays £215.00 per year for control scrub on historic and archaeological features.
What do I need to do?
Maintain an intact grass sward and minimize bare ground and soil erosion.
Remove approximately one quarter of the scrub annually during autumn and winter.
Prevent and control scrub regrowth.
Do not cut scrub between early March and late September , grub out stumps, plough, cultivate, re-seed, harrow, or roll the area.
* Do not carry out supplementary feeding or locate vehicle/stock access routes within 6m of the feature (existing surfaced tracks are exempt).
What evidence do I need?
You must keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete this action, such as:
field operations at a land parcel level and associated invoices
photographs of the historic or archaeological feature and the extent of scrub cover before you start doing this action
If it’s not clear that you’ve done this action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve its aim, we may ask for this evidence. You must supply the evidence if we ask for it.
You must keep evidence to show what you’ve done to complete this action, such as:
How much does HEF5 pay?
HEF5 pays £215.00 per year.
Which land is eligible?
---|---|--- Permanent grassland | Permanent grassland | PG01 Scrub | Scrub – ungrazeable | Notional – scrub | WO25 | NF03 | | You can do the following actions or options on the eligible boundaries of a land parcel entered into this action: SFI 2024 actions: CHRW1, CHRW2, CHRW3, BND1, BND2 and WBD2 SFI 2023 actions: HRW1, HRW2, HRW3 CS option BE3 (management of hedgerows) the introductory level of the SFI pilot hedgerows standard
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