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5 years

How much you鈥檒l be paid听

拢215 per hectare (ha) per year

Action鈥檚 aim听

This action鈥檚 aim is that there鈥檚 a well-managed, intact grass sward growing over the historic or archaeological feature throughout the year, with minimal scrub cover and bare ground.

The purpose of this is to:

• protect historic and archaeological features
• reduce the risk of root damage to historic and archaeological features
• reduce diffuse pollution and soil erosion, depending on the site鈥檚 location
• help maintain and conserve landscape character

Where you can do this action听听听听听

You can do this action on land located above and below the moorland line that鈥檚:

• identified on your SFI Historic Environment Farm Environment Record (HEFER) as containing an historic or archaeological feature听鈥� you must get a SFI HEFER before you apply for this action
• got existing scrub cover on more than 5% of its area
• an eligible land type (as defined in section 5.1 鈥楨ligible land types for SFI鈥� in the SFI scheme information)
• registered with an eligible land cover on your digital maps
• declared with a land use code that鈥檚 compatible with the eligible land cover

Eligible land

Eligible land type	Eligible land cover	Compatible land use code
Permanent grassland	Permanent grassland	PG01
Scrub	Scrub 鈥� ungrazeable Notional 鈥� scrub	WO25 NF03

Eligibility of protected land

Protected land	Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs)	Eligible 鈥� you must get SSSI consent before you do this action (read section 10.3鈥�鈥�SSSI 肠辞苍蝉别苍迟鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)
Historic and archaeological features	Eligible 鈥� you must get a SFI HEFER before you apply for this action (read section 5.6鈥�鈥楲and with historic or archaeological features鈥� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)

Available area you can enter into this action

Total or part of the available area in a land parcel.

Rotational or static action听

This action is static. This means you must do it at the same location each year of this action鈥檚 duration.

What to do 听

You must manage the area containing the historic or archaeological feature in a way that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action鈥檚 aim. This includes:

• maintaining an intact grass sward
• minimising bare ground and soil erosion
• removing around a quarter of the scrub during the autumn and winter months each year
• preventing and controlling scrub regrowth

You must not:

• cut and remove scrub between early March and late September
• grub out stumps and roots
• plough, cultivate, re-seed, harrow or roll the area entered into this action
• carry out supplementary feeding on or within around 6m of the historic or archaeological feature
• locate vehicle or stock access routes within around 6m of the historic or archaeological feature (existing surfaced tracks can be used)

Before you remove scrub or trees, you must get any relevant consents, permissions or licences. For example, you may need to apply for:

• a felling licence from the Forestry Commission
• a forestry environmental impact assessment (EIA) from the Forestry Commission
• an agriculture EIA 鈥榮creening decision鈥� from Natural England

Read section 10 鈥楪et all necessary regulatory consents, permissions and licences in place鈥� in the SFI scheme information.

When to do it听

You must do this action from its start date, throughout each year of this action鈥檚 5-year duration.

How to do it听

It鈥檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

• follow this action鈥檚 requirements 鈥� these are identified by a 鈥榤ust鈥�
• do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action鈥檚 aim

You may find it helpful to read the 鈥榓dvice to help you do this action鈥�, but it鈥檚 not part of this action鈥檚 requirements.

Evidence to keep听

You must keep evidence to show what you鈥檝e 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鈥檚 not clear that you鈥檝e 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.

Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action听

You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action.

Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they鈥檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 鈥榃hat to do鈥� and 鈥榃hen to do it鈥� to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme	Action or option codes
SFI 2024 actions	OFC1, OFC2, OFM1, OFM2, OFM3, PRF2, UPL1, UPL2, UPL3, UPL7, UPL8, UPL9, UPL10, CIPM1, CNUM1, CMOR1, CSAM1	听
SFI 2023 actions	IPM1, NUM1, MOR1, SAM1	听
CS options	UP1, OR1, OR2, OT1, OT2, OT6	听
ES options	No ES revenue options	听
SFI pilot standards	No area-based SFI pilot standards	听

If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6 鈥楨ligible land in other funding schemes鈥� in the SFI scheme information for more details.

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

Advice to help you do this action听

The following advice may help you to do this action, but it鈥檚 not part of this action鈥檚 requirements.

Removing scrub

You can remove scrub by:

• mowing
• flailing
• using a chainsaw or strimmer
• clearing by hand

If possible, try to:

• remove all cut material from the site
• plan work so that extraction routes, bonfire sites, timber processing and storage sites are located away from the historic and archaeological features

Controlling scrub regrowth

You can control scrub regrowth using:

• livestock grazing
• machinery
• chemicals to treat roots