HEF1: Maintain weatherproof traditional farm or forestry buildings

What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency
Published
21 May 2024
Last updated
5 August 2024 바카라 사이트� See all updates
Land types:
Arable, Farmyard, Grassland, Moorland and upland and Woodland
Areas of interest:
Historic environment
Payment types:
Revenue

This is an action in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme: expanded offer for 2024. You must read the SFI scheme information to understand the scheme rules and how to apply.

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3 years

How much you바카라 사이트檒l be paid聽

拢5 per square metre (m2) per year 바카라 사이트� you must only include the area of the building바카라 사이트檚 ground floor, not any area from other floors or areas outside the building.

You바카라 사이트檒l enter the hectarage equivalent of the building바카라 사이트檚 ground floor m2 in your SFI application. Divide the m2 area by 10,000 to convert it into hectares.

Action바카라 사이트檚 aim聽

This action바카라 사이트檚 aim is that there are:

  • traditional farm or forestry buildings maintained in good condition
  • where relevant, preserved and accessible features used by bats, owls and kestrels

The purpose of this is to:

  • enhance the local landscape
  • preserve places for wildlife

Where you can do this action聽聽聽聽聽

To be eligible for this action, the traditional farm or forestry building, or parts of a building, must:

  • have been built using traditional methods, such as timber, brick, stone, tile or slate
  • have been built before 1940 for agricultural or forestry use, such as housing machinery or animals, or storing crops or processing crops, food or forest products
  • still be in agricultural or forestry use on your farm or land holding, whether or not this was the original use
  • be in good condition 바카라 사이트� this means the fabric of the building is intact, so it바카라 사이트檚 weatherproof

You must have management control of the eligible farm or forestry building for the 3-year duration of this action.

You cannot do this action if the building:

  • is a metal-framed Dutch barn
  • was constructed as a dwelling
  • is a farmhouse, residential or domestic building

Eligibility of protected land

Protected land Eligibility
Sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) Not applicable
Historic and archaeological features Eligible 바카라 사이트� you must get a SFI HEFER before you do this action (read section 5.6바카라 사이트�바카라 사이트楲and with historic or archaeological features바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information to find out how to do this)

Available area you can enter into this action

Not applicable, as you바카라 사이트檒l enter the area in m2.

Rotational or static action聽

This action is static. This means you must do it at the same location each year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration.

What to do

To maintain the traditional farm or forestry building in good condition, you must:

  • complete a visual building maintenance assessment to check the building바카라 사이트檚 condition and identify any areas that need routine maintenance work or minor repairs to keep it weatherproof
  • carry out any necessary routine maintenance work and minor repairs on a 바카라 사이트榣ike for like바카라 사이트� basis using traditional materials and methods (unless non-traditional material has previously been used)
  • maintain any existing areas where a non-traditional material has previously been used to repair or re-clad the building, such as corrugated iron sheeting to cover roofs

This includes fixtures, fittings and features such as mounting blocks and stack or stook bases.

To make sure there are preserved and accessible features for bats, owls and kestrels, you must:

  • complete a visual building wildlife assessment to identify any existing use of the building by these species
  • retain any existing features used by these species that you바카라 사이트檝e identified in the building wildlife assessment
  • install an owl, bat or kestrel box if you바카라 사이트檝e identified they바카라 사이트檙e required in the building wildlife assessment 바카라 사이트� you can apply for funding for wildlife boxes in Capital Grants

If you identify bat activity, you must:

You must produce:

  • a photographic record of the condition of the building as at this action바카라 사이트檚 start date
  • a written or photographic record of each visual building maintenance assessment you complete, including details of any areas of the building that need routine maintenance work or minor repairs to keep it weatherproof and the date you identify this need
  • a written or photographic record of the routine maintenance work or minor repairs completed, including when the work was done
  • a written record of the building wildlife assessment

You must not sell the building, or convert it to non-agricultural or forestry use during this action바카라 사이트檚 3-year duration.

When to do it聽

You must:

  • complete the visual building maintenance assessment and building wildlife assessment at least once each year of this action바카라 사이트檚 3-year duration
  • carry out any necessary routine maintenance work or minor repairs within 12 months of identification, or by this action바카라 사이트檚 end date if the need for maintenance work or minor repairs is identified during the final year of this action바카라 사이트檚 duration 바카라 사이트� unless bat activity has been identified and the ecologist바카라 사이트檚 advice is to carry out works later
  • install owl, bat or kestrel boxes, as relevant, within 12 months of this action바카라 사이트檚 start date, if you바카라 사이트檝e identified they바카라 사이트檙e required in the building wildlife assessment

How to do it聽

It바카라 사이트檚 up to you how you do this action, as long as you:

  • follow this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements 바카라 사이트� these are identified by a 바카라 사이트榤ust바카라 사이트�
  • do the action in a way that could reasonably be expected to achieve this action바카라 사이트檚 aim

You may find it helpful to read the 바카라 사이트榓dvice to help you do this action바카라 사이트�, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.

Evidence to keep聽

You must keep:

  • the required records identified in 바카라 사이트榳hat to do바카라 사이트�
  • any receipted invoices (or bank statements where a receipted invoice is unavailable), consents or permissions connected with the work on the traditional farm or forestry building
  • a record of advice you바카라 사이트檝e received from a licensed ecological consultant and any required wildlife licence, if you바카라 사이트檝e identified bat activity in the building wildlife assessment

You must supply this evidence if we ask for it.

Other actions or options you can do on the same area as this action聽

You can do the following actions or options on the same area in a land parcel as this action.

Some actions or options can only be done on the same area if they바카라 사이트檙e done at a different time of year to this action. For example, winter cover followed by a summer companion crop. Read 바카라 사이트榃hat to do바카라 사이트� and 바카라 사이트榃hen to do it바카라 사이트� to find out when this action must be done.

Scheme Action or option codes
SFI 2024 actions No SFI revenue actions
SFI 2023 actions No SFI revenue actions
CS options No CS revenue options
ES options No ES revenue options
SFI pilot standards No area-based SFI pilot standards

If an action or option cannot be located on the same area, you may be able to do it on a different area in the same land parcel. Read section 6 바카라 사이트楨ligible land in other funding schemes바카라 사이트� in the SFI scheme information for more details.

Advice to help you do this action聽

The following advice may help you to do this action, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.

Completing a visual building maintenance assessment

Completing this action바카라 사이트檚 visual building maintenance assessment as often as possible each year will help you to keep the building weatherproof.

Areas that may need routine maintenance work or minor repairs may include, for example:

  • blocked downpipes and gutters
  • broken or slipped slates, tiles or glass
  • pointing on walls
  • the condition of paintwork
  • barriers to wildlife access
  • vegetation that needs clearing

You can use the Countryside Stewardship: building maintenance plan and log form to help you complete the assessment, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this SFI action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.

Carrying out routine maintenance work and minor repairs

Routine maintenance work and minor repairs may include activities such as:

  • clearing gutters from debris and leaves
  • fixing slipped slate or broken roofing slates and tiles to prevent rainwater penetration
  • renewing cast iron gutters and drainpipes
  • replacing broken glass
  • repainting woodwork and metalwork
  • repointing walls
  • clearing vegetation

You may find it helpful to read Historic England바카라 사이트檚 .

Completing a visual building wildlife assessment

You can use the Countryside Stewardship: building wildlife assessment form to help you complete the visual building wildlife assessment, but it바카라 사이트檚 not part of this SFI action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.

Updates to this page

Published 21 May 2024
Last updated 5 August 2024 show all updates

  1. Action바카라 사이트檚 aim - deleted 바카라 사이트榰sing traditional methods and materials바카라 사이트�. Added 바카라 사이트榳here relevant바카라 사이트� to features used by bats, owls and kestrels. What to do - you must use traditional materials, unless non-traditional material has previously been used. Updated wording on what you must do if you identify bat activity. When to do it - added wording on timing of carrying out maintenance work or minor repairs if bat activity has been identified. Published voluntary advice to help you do this action, but it's not part of this action바카라 사이트檚 requirements.

  2. First published.

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