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How much you鈥檒l be paid聽

Up to 100% of actual costs.

How this item benefits the environment

Conserving or protecting these features in the landscape supports the long-term survival of the historic and archaeological features.

Where you can use this item聽

You can use this item if you have either:

• written permission from Natural England (or the Forestry Commission in woodland)
• been contacted by Historic England advisers about applying for HE1: Historic and archaeological feature protection

You can use this item for physical work to conserve or protect individual historic environment features. This work will change land management practices or restore a site.

Examples of this work include:

• removing or moving inappropriate infrastructure, for example, tracks or boundaries where they are damaging to an historic feature
• moving feed sites and restoring the surface
• clearing vegetation and restoring eroded surfaces
• consolidating structures such as ruins or bridges
• de-silting designed waterbodies
• archaeological excavation where needed to preserve 鈥榖y record鈥� known archaeology that cannot be conserved through other management actions 鈥� 鈥榖y record鈥� means making a record so you can reconstruct it after you have excavated an artefact and destroyed it

You cannot use this item:

• for works on historic (roofed) buildings
• to create a management plan for parklands, historic features or areas 鈥� use PA2: Feasibility study instead
• to duplicate work previously funded under Countryside Stewardship or Environmental Stewardship.

You must not carry out any construction work related to the item unless you have approval from the responsible body.

You should discuss and agree requirements that are specific to your site with your adviser.

What you must do to use this item

You must:

• agree a specification with Historic England, Natural England or the Forestry Commission
• provide 3 written quotations for completion of the work including all associated costings with your application
• agree the selected quotation with Historic England, Natural England or the Forestry Commission (the relevant body will contact you)
• complete the works to the agreed specification and timescale
• ensure you have any consents or permissions before starting the work 鈥� this can be scheduled monument consent from Historic England, listed building consent from the local planning authority or a felling licence from the Forestry Commission when removing trees

Evidence you must keep聽

You must keep and provide with your claim:

• photographs to show the completed works
• a detailed specification

You must also keep and provide on request:

• any consents or permissions connected with the work
• photographs of the feature before works start

Read the record keeping and site visit requirements in the Agreement holder鈥檚 guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier capital grants and Protection and Infrastructure grants for more information.

Advice to help you use this item

The following advice may help you to use this item, but you do not have to follow it to get paid. It鈥檚 not part of this item鈥檚 requirements.聽

Historic and archaeological features聽

You can find information on:

• the location of scheduled monuments
• registered parks and gardens
• registered battlefields
• listed buildings
• undesignated historic and archaeological features

You can access this information on:

• the Historic England annual 鈥� this identifies historic environment features at high risk from loss or damage
• the for information in map form
• the website
• the
• Historic England鈥檚 guidance on
• sites of archaeological or historic importance in a (HEFER)

Complex sites

There鈥檚 no standard specification for this item as all work will need to be specific to the individual site. For complex situations or sites, you may also require a management plan that can be funded through PA2: Feasibility study.