WD9: Livestock exclusion supplement - scrub and successional areas - GOV.UK
Contents
- How much will be paid
- Where to use this supplement
- Where this supplement cannot be used
- Related Mid Tier options
- How this supplement will benefit the environment
- Aims
- Prohibited activities
- Recommended management
- Keeping records
- Additional guidance and advice
- Biodiversity
- Further information
How much will be paid
£74 (ha).
Where to use this supplement
It is available for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier and Higher Tier and can be used on whole or part parcels on land:
- containing mostly native species of trees and scrubs
when combined with:
- WD7 - Management of successional areas and scrub
- WD8 - Creation of successional areas and scrub
Where this supplement cannot be used
How this supplement will benefit the environment
It helps scrub to develop through natural regeneration. This will attract more birds and invertebrates as well as reducing soil erosion and floods in scrub areas.
Aims
If you’re selected for a site visit, we will check that delivery of the aims is being met and the prohibited activities have not been carried out. This will ensure the environmental benefits are being delivered.
There will be no livestock grazing at any time of year. This will allow more trees and scrub to grow due to natural regeneration.
Prohibited activities
To achieve the aims and deliver the environmental benefits, do not carry out any of the following activities.
On your annual claim you will be asked to declare that you have not carried out any prohibited activities.
Recommended management
To assist you in achieving the aims and deliver the environmental benefits for this option, we recommend that you use best practice.
Keeping records
Where there is uncertainty about whether the aims of the supplement have been delivered, we will take into account any records or evidence you may have kept demonstrating delivery of the aims of the supplement. This will include any steps you’ve taken to follow the recommended management set out above. It’s your responsibility to keep such records if you want to rely on these to support your claim.
- Stock records to show grazing activity on parcels
Additional guidance and advice
The following advice is helpful, but they are not requirements for this item.
Once scrub has established, you can usually re-introduce grazing.
This supplement may not be needed for the full duration of the agreement.
Biodiversity
This supplement has been identified as being beneficial for biodiversity. All Countryside Stewardship habitat creation, restoration and management options are of great significance for biodiversity recovery, as are the wide range of arable options in the scheme. Capital items and supplements can support this habitat work depending on the holding’s situation and potential.
The connectivity of habitats is also very important and habitat options should be linked wherever possible. Better connectivity will allow wildlife to move/colonise freely to access water, food, shelter and breeding habitat, and will allow natural communities of both animals and plants to adapt in response to environmental and climate change.
Further information
Read Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improve the land you manage to find out more information about Mid Tier and Higher Tier including how to apply.
Published 2 April 2015
Last updated 9 January 2024 + show all updates
- 8 January 2024
Update to How Much Will Be Paid
- 13 March 2023
The reference to 'WD8 - Creation of successional areas and scrub' has been updated in the 'Where to use this supplement' and 'Related Mid Tier options' sections to remove the reference to Higher Tier only
- 8 February 2022
New payment rate from 1 January 2022.
- 6 February 2021
Option updated for agreements starting 1 January 2022
- 13 February 2020
Page refreshed and updated.
- 7 March 2017
Updated for 2017 applications.
- 29 March 2016
Information updated for applications in 2016.
- 2 April 2015
First published.