BN13: Top wiring - stone wall

How much willyou’ll be paidpaid 

£5.54 per metre (m). The payment rate is for the total length of boundary under the optionitem, (notnot for each side of the boundary).boundary.

WhereHow to use this item benefits the environment

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butboundary only:either:

• on walls being rebuilt with the BN12BN12: - Stone wall restoration item
• or BN16: Stone wall repair to keep stock out of new woodland planting or other land management actions or options

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Requirementsuse this item

You must:

• use round timber posts with a top diameter of at least 75 millimetres (mm)
• set the posts at centres no widermore than 3m (forapart for mild steel wire)wire or 10m (forapart for high-tensile wire)wire
• use posts long enough soto thatfix the top wire can be fixed at no morehigher than 300mm30 centimetres (cm) above the top of the wall
• use timber that is fully peeled and tanalised or treated with an appropriate preservative
• knock the posts into the ground and either set them leaning against the wall or set them alternately on opposite sides of the wall
• secure the posts
• staple either half height sheep netting or 2 lines of steel wire 200mm(plain or barbed) that are at least 20cm apart to the upright posts
• usemake 4mmsure diameterthe wire is properly strained and fastened with galvanised staples

For wiring use either:

• mild steel orwith 3.15mma minimum diameter of 4mm
• high tensile steel line wire with a minimum diameter of 3.15mm
• make2.5mm suremild thesteel wiretwo isply properlybarbed strainedwire
• 2mm andhigh fastenedtensile withtwo-ply galvanisedbarbed stapleswire.

KeepingEvidence recordsyou must keep 

You must keep photographs of the followingcompleted recordswork and supplyprovide them with your payment claim:claim.

• photographs of the completed work

You must also keep the following records and supplyprovide them on request:

• any consents or permissions connected with the work
• receipted invoices or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable
• photographs of the lengths of wall you plan to betop-wire top-wired before work starts

PleaseRead see the record keeping and inspectionsite visit requirements as set out in the relevantAgreement Midholder’s Tier,guide: Capital Grants, Higher Tier,Tier Capitalcapital Grantsgrants orand WoodlandProtection treeand healthInfrastructure guidancegrants for more detail.information.

Other Youcapital canitems find the latest guidance at Countryside Stewardship: get funding to protect and improvesupplements the land you manage.

Relatedcan Miduse Tierwith andthis Capital Grants itemsitem

You can use this supplementitem onwith thethese same length as the following items and supplements:

• BN12 - Stone wall restoration

• BN14BN14: - Stone wall supplement - stone from quarry

Further information

ReadBN15: CountrysideStone Stewardship:wall getsupplement funding- todifficult protect and improve the land you managesites

FG15:Water to find out more information about Mid Tier, Higher Tier, Capital Grants and Woodland Tree Health including how to apply.gates