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  • FwNT Scheme Payments - Year 2

    Topics:
    • Grants and Funding, 
    • Sustainable Agriculture Programme, 
    • Agricultural & Environmental Schemes

    Payments for FwNT Year 2 will issue in summer 2027.

    See table below detailing the payment rates.

    Environmental ActionCodeFwN PaymentUnit
    Planting New Hedgerows NHG£6.49m
    Creation of Riparian Buffer Strip  – 2 metre + Protective Fencing

    BST 

    + 

    PFR

    £1.41 

    +

     £6.52

     

    m
    Creation of Riparian Buffer Strip  – 7 metre + Protective Fencing 

    BSS

    +

    PRF

    £4.93

    +

    £6.52

    m
    Retention of Winter StubbleWST£99.00ha
    Farmland Tree PlantingFTP£6,756.00ha
    Multi-species Winter Cover CropWCC£226.00ha
    Arable - Flower-rich Grass MarginAMF£1,422.00ha
    Arable - Grass MarginAMG£1,308.00ha
    Arable – Unharvested Cereal Margin AMU£1,170.00ha
    Herbal Ley – Enhanced HLE£521.00 ha
    Herbal Ley HBL £467.00ha
    Management of 7m Riparian BufferMBSS£0.04m
    Management of Farmland Tree Planting MFTP£112.00ha
    Management of HedgerowsMNHG£0.96m
    Supporting ItemCodeFwN Payment Unit
    Protective FencingPRF£6.52m
    Gate and 2 postsGTP£310.29set
    Drinker and baseTRB£169.70set
    Pasture PumpPPU£239.06unit

    All supporting items associated with management of actions from year 1 must also be maintained, this includes:

    Protective Fencing (MPRF)

    Gate and 2 posts (MGTP)

    Drinker and base (MTRB)

    Pasture Pump (MPPU)

    We will use the Bank Account details we hold for the farm business to make your payment. If you haven’t provided your bank details yet, please make sure to do so in order that we can issue your payment. If your bank details change you must inform us immediately. We will not make a payment to any bank account except the bank account which we hold for the business.

    If we determine that following payment, actions and/or supporting items were not completed and/or not compliant with both the terms and conditions and scheme specifications for each action, payment may be withheld or over declaration penalties may apply and we may recover monies already paid. This could include reducing future payments from us for this scheme or other schemes that you are eligible for. We also reserve the right to recover any other over-payments or debts (including Enforcement of Judgements Office debts) from your payments.

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