What the action involves
This action’s aim is that you:
- understand the condition of your hedgerows
- effectively plan how they can be managed to improve their condition
When to do it
You must:
- assess the condition of the hedgerows and complete a written hedgerow condition assessment record within the first 12 months of your SFI agreement
- review the condition of the hedgerows and update the hedgerow condition assessment record in each subsequent year of your SFI agreement
How to do it It’s up to you how you complete this action, as long as you do it in a way that can reasonably be expected to achieve this action’s aim.
You may find it helpful to read the voluntary guidance on how to assess and record hedgerow condition, but you do not have to follow it.
You can record the hedgerow condition assessment on paper or digitally.
What evidence to keep You must keep a written record of your hedgerow condition assessment. You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.
The same action appears in the other schemes under a different code. The work is broadly the same; the rate and the length of the commitment are not.
- SFI 2024 — CHRW1: £5 per 100 metres (m) for one side of an eligible hedgerow per year, over 3 years
Where you can do it
You can do this action on one side or both sides of an eligible hedgerow. Read section
You can choose what total length of eligible hedgerows to enter into this action,
Other land management actions or options you can do with HRW1 The table below sets out which other SFI actions, CS management options, ES revenue options and SFI pilot standards you can do in land parcels with eligible boundaries entered into HRW1.
Scheme Action or option codes that can be done with HRW1 SFI 2023 All SFI actions CS All CS management options, including BE3 (management of hedgerows) ES All ES revenue options All SFI pilot standards, including all levels of the SFI pilot hedgerows SFI pilot standard
What to do You must:
- assess the condition of all the hedgerows entered into this action
- produce a written hedgerow condition assessment record for these hedgerows
If you’ve already assessed these hedgerows and produced a written hedgerow condition assessment record in the last 5 years, you can use it to meet this action.
