Geotagged photo requirements: hedgerow creation

For full details of:

• what a geotagged photograph is, and
• how to take one

please see: Rural grants and payments: geotagged photo guidance.

Hedgerow creation is eligible in the following locations:

• along existing field boundaries where no hedgerow had been located before
• within fields, to establish new boundaries
• on hedge banks (earth banked and stone-faced earth banks). No woody hedge plant remnants should exist along the entire length to be planted
• on existing hedge banks where some woody hedge plant remnants exist. (There would be large gaps between these remnants. They also would not be subject to mechanical trimming)
• on existing hedge banks where there are some existing mature trees that are retained. (Not a continuous row of trees)
• to plant gaps within existing hedgerows which are 20m or longer

This option is not eligible where:

• there are continuous woody hedge plants along the whole length of the proposed planting area
• there is a continuous row of existing mature trees
• existing remnants of a hedge have been mechanically cut or trimmed to maintain a hedgerow feature
• to plant gaps within existing hedgerows which are less than 20m

If you have any further issues, please contact the RPW Customer Contact Centre.