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BN14

Stone wall supplement - stone from quarry

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£164.50

m · one-off

format_list_bulleted What to do

  • Use imported stone that matches the type, size and style of the wall being restored
  • Restore the wall as specified by the BN12: Stone wall restoration item or BN16: Stone wall repair
  • Remove all surplus stone from the site when you have finished and restore any ground you have disturbed

schedule When to do

checklist How to do and evidence required

  • Photographs of the completed work and provide with your claim
  • Any consents or permissions connected with the work
  • Receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
  • Photographs of each length of wall to be restored

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BN14: Stone wall supplement - stone from quarry - GOV.UK

How much you’ll be paid

£164.50 per metre (m). The payment rate is for the total length of boundary under the supplement, not for each side of the boundary.

How this supplement benefits the environment

Restoring the stone walls helps control livestock and conserve a traditional landscape.

Where you can use this supplement

You can use this supplement where you have management control of both sides of the boundary only on walls being rebuilt using BN12: Stone wall restoration or BN16: Stone wall repair.

You can also use it as part of a Woodland Tree Health grant.

You cannot use this supplement:

  • with Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) management action BND1: Maintain dry stone walls
  • if you have received funding in the last 7 years to maintain the same section of stone wall

What you must do to use this supplement

You must:

  • use imported stone that matches the type, size and style of the wall being restored
  • restore the wall as specified by the BN12: Stone wall restoration item or BN16: Stone wall repair
  • remove all surplus stone from the site when you have finished and restore any ground you have disturbed

Evidence you must keep

You must keep photographs of the completed work and provide with your claim.

You must also keep and provide on request:

  • any consents or permissions connected with the work
  • receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
  • photographs of each length of wall to be restored

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

Other items and supplements you can use with this supplement

Capital items

You can use this item with these items:

BN13: Top wiring – stone walls

FG15:Water gates

Supplements

You can also use this supplement with BN15: Stone wall supplement - difficult sites

Advice to help you use this supplement

The following advice may help you to use this supplement, but you do not have to follow it to get paid. It’s not part of this supplement’s requirements.

Choosing the right style for the wall

You should restore the wall so that it matches the local stone type and wall style. Distinctive local variation can occur in a small area.

To restore the stone wall successfully, use the same local stone and rebuild with:

  • the same size and shape of stone
  • stones split to match the local style – after the stone wall boundary has been restored to a good condition, you may apply SFI management action BND1: Maintain dry stone walls to maintain it

Published 2 April 2015 Last updated 3 February 2025 + show all updates

  1. 3 February 2025

Amended item - not eligible for SFI action BND1: Maintain dry stone walls.

  1. 9 March 2021

Updated Where to use this item and how much will be paid.

  1. 29 March 2016

Information updated for applications in 2016.

  1. 2 April 2015

First published.