Capital items
This is an old version of the page
Date published: 1 January, 2015
Date superseded: 23 January, 2021
Table of Contents
- Targeted capital items
- Non-targeted capital items which can stand alone
- Non-targeted capital items which can stand alone with prior approval from Scottish Natural Heritage or Historic Environment Scotland as appropriate
- Non-targeted capital items which must be linked to a management option
Targeted capital items
To apply for one of these capital items, it must first appear in your list of targeted management options and capital items, indicating that you are within the target area for the capital item. It can be applied for on a stand-alone basis.
- Coastal Embankment Breaching, Lowering or Removal
- Control of Invasive Non-native Plant Species – Follow-up Monitoring and Treatment
- Control of Invasive Non-native Plant Species – Primary Treatment
- Hard Standings for Troughs and Gateways
- Livestock Crossing
- Livestock Tracks
- Managing Steading Drainage and Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems
- Pesticide Handling Facilities
- Rhododendron Control – Foliar Spray / Treatment for Rhododendron Control
- Rhododendron Control – Follow-up Treatment
- Rhododendron Control – Manual Eradication – Light, Medium or Difficult
- Rhododendron Control – Mechanised Eradication – Light, Medium or Difficult
- Rhododendron Control – Stem Injection Eradication – Medium or Difficult
- River Embankment Breaching, Lowering or Removal
- Restoring (Protecting) River Banks
- Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems – Pond
- Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems – Sediment Traps and Bunds
- Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems – Swales
- Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems – Wetland
- Slurry Storage
- Water-use Efficiency – Irrigation Lagoon
Non-targeted capital items which can stand alone
To apply for one of these capital items, the specific eligibility requirements must be met. Please check the full capital item wording.
- Alternative Watering
- Conversion of Deer Fence to Stock Fence
- Cutting of Rush Pasture - only stand alone for white fronted geese, otherwise must be linked to a management option
- Deer Census – Helicopter Counts
- Enhancing or Modifying a Deer Fence
- Enhancing or Modifying a Stock Fence
- Heather Restoration
- Heather Restoration – Follow-up Molinia Control
- Muirburn and Heather Cutting
- Planting of Dune Grasses
- Pond Creation and Restoration for Wildlife
- Sand-blow Fencing
- Small-scale Tree and Shrub Planting (on a site not exceeding 0.25 hectares)
- Supplementary Feeding for Golden Eagles
- Upland Habitat Impact Assessment for Deer Management
- Wetland Creation – Field Drain Breaking
- Wetland Creation – Pipe Sluices
- Boardwalk (Closed to application in 2019)
- Gabion Basket Retaining Wall (Closed to application in 2019)
- Gate – Self-closing, One-way Opening Gate (Closed to application in 2019)
- Gate – Self-closing, Two-way Opening Gate (Closed to application in 2019)
- New Path – Semi-bound Surface (Closed to application in 2019)
- New Path – Unbound Surface (Closed to application in 2019)
- Picnic Table (Closed to application in 2019)
- Path Drainage Ditches / Pipe Culverts(Closed to application in 2019)
- Seats (Closed to application in 2019)
- Signage (Closed to application in 2019)
- Stock Fence and Stock Gate for Improving Public Access (Closed to application in 2019)
- Timber Board and Aggregate Steps (Closed to application in 2019)
- Tree Safety for Paths (Closed to application in 2019)
- Upgrade to an Existing Path (Closed to application in 2019)
Non-targeted capital items which can stand alone with prior approval from Scottish Natural Heritage or Historic Environment Scotland as appropriate
To apply for one of these capital items on a stand-alone basis you must have prior approval from Scottish Natural Heritage or Historic Environment Scotland as appropriate. Otherwise, it must support a relevant management option.
- Control of Scrub – Follow-up treatment
- Control of Scrub or Woody Vegetation – Primary treatment – Intermediate and Heavy Vegetation
- Control of Scrub or Woody Vegetation – Primary treatment – Light Vegetation
- Control of Scrub or Woody Vegetation – Removal from Site of the Cut Vegetation
- Ditch Blocking – Peat Dams
- Ditch Blocking – Plastic Piling Dams
- Matting to Prevent Damage to Bogs
- Moving or Realigning Ditches
- Stock Bridges for Bog, Fen or Wetland Management
Non-targeted capital items which must be linked to a management option
To apply for one of these capital items, it must support a relevant management option.
- Coppicing of Hedges
- Creation of Wild Bird Seed for Farmland Birds
- Creation of Beetlebanks
- Creation of Buffer Areas for Fens and Bogs
- Creation of Chough Nest Shelter
- Creation of Cover for Corncrakes
- Creation of Green Manure
- Creation of Grass Strips and Water Margins in Arable Fields
- Creation of Low-input Grassland to Convert Arable Land at Risk of Erosion or Flooding
- Creation of Species-rich Grassland
- Creation of Wader Scrapes
- Cutting Stock Access Tracks for Bog or Wetland Management
- Deer Fence
- Diversionary Feeding for Hen Harriers
- Fence Removal
- Follow-up Treatment of Bracken – Mechanised or Chemical
- Gate
- Laying of Hedges
- Open-range Deer Management
- Planting or Replanting of Hedges
- Post and Rail Tree Guards
- Primary Treatment of Bracken – Manual
- Primary Treatment of Bracken – Mechanised or Chemical
- Rabbit-proofing an Existing or New Stock or Deer Fence
- Replacement or Planting of Individual Trees within Ancient Wood Pasture or Hedgerows
- Restoration of Species-rich Grassland
- Restoring Drystone or Flagstone Dykes
- Scare and Temporary Electric Fencing
- Stock Fence
- Use of Seaweed as a Fertiliser on Cropped Machair
- Vole, Rabbit or Hare Guards