Paragraph 8
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of work or facility or transaction | Agricultural business.Rate of grant. Per cent. | Agricultural business in Less-Favoured Area.Rate of grant. Per cent. | Horticultural production business.Rate of grant. Per cent. |
| 1. (i) Provision, replacement, improvement, alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of the main framework of permanent buildings (except living accommodation or such buildings designed and intended for the drying or storage of grain (see paragraph 1(ii) of this Schedule) or for the production of horticultural produce (see paragraph 2(i) of this Schedule)), permanently sited durable structures for cladding with plastic (except such structures designed and intended for the production of horticultural produce (see paragraph 2(i) of this Schedule)), bulk dry stores or silos (except such stores or silos designed and intended for the drying or storage of grain (see paragraph 1(ii) of this Schedule)), yards, loading platforms, ramps or banks. | 15 | 20(1) | 15 |
| (ii) Provision, replacement, improvement, alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of the main framework of permanent buildings, bulk dry stores or silos designed and intended for the drying or storage of grain for consumption solely by livestock kept on the land used in connection with the carrying on of the agricultural business to which the claim for grant relates. | 15 | 20(2) | Nil |
| 2. (i) Replacement, reconstruction, alteration, reconditioning or other improvement to the main framework of permanent buildings, of glasshouses (except glasshouses of a kind specified in paragraph 2(ii) of this Schedule) or of durable structures for cladding with plastic (except the outer cladding of such structures unless this outer cladding is of adequate durability) where such buildings, glasshouses or structures are designed and intended for production of horticultural produce. | Nil | Nil | 15 |
| (ii) Replacement, reconstruction, alteration, reconditioning or other improvement (including the supply and installation of permanent thermal insulation) of heated glasshouses in existence on 1st December 1983 being heated internally by means of permanent installations for the consumption of fuel. | Nil | Nil | 37.5 |
| 3. Supply and installation of permanent thermal insulation, vapour sealing or gas sealing for the control of temperature or atmosphere in buildings designed and intended for horticultural use. | Nil | Nil | 15 |
| 4. Provision, replacement or improvement of systems for the disposal of agricultural waste. | 15 | 20(3) | 15 |
| 5. Provision, replacement or improvement of facilities for the supply of electricity or gas for agricultural purposes. | 15 | 20(4) | 15 |
| 6. Provision, replacement or improvement of facilities for the supply or storage of water for agricultural purposes. | 15 | 30(5) | 15 |
| 7. (i) Provision, replacement or improvement of field drainage including under-drainage and ditching but excluding any hedge removal. | 15 | 30(6) | 15 |
| (ii) Works and facilities to prevent the flooding of agricultural land by watercourses. | 15 | 30(7) | 15 |
| (iii) In Scotland only, making, improvement or alteration of the banks or channels of watercourses or other agricultural flood protection works to provide or improve the drainage of agricultural land or to prevent or mitigate the flooding or erosion of agricultural land. | 40 | 50 | Nil |
| 8. Provision, replacement or improvement of roads, paths and other permanent ways, grids, hard standings, fords, bridges, culverts, railway crossings, creeps, piers, jetties or slips. | 15 | 20(8) (9) | 15 |
| 9. Provision, replacement or improvement of pens, dips, stells or other facilities designed and intended for use in connection with the gathering, treatment or feeding of livestock or to provide a shelter, in an area removed from other farm buildings, which allows the livestock to move in or out without restriction in periods of adverse weather, but not suitable for permanent housing or for in-wintering. | 15 | 30(10) | Nil |
| 10. (i) Provision, replacement or improvement of hedges, walls and dykes (where the walls and dykes are built of materials traditional in the locality) and associated gates. | 30 | 60(11) | 30 |
| (ii) Provision, replacement or improvement of permanent fences, walls and dykes (where the walls and dykes are not built of materials traditional in the locality) and associated gates. | 15 | 30(12) | 15 |
| 11. Provision, replacement or improvement of shelter belts. | Nil | 60(13) | 15 |
| 12. (i) Reseeding and regeneration of grassland and laying down of permanent pasture; bracken control; application of lime or fertilizer (other than normal husbandry applications) for the benefit of grassland. | Nil | 30(14) | Nil |
| (ii) Burning heather or grass or making muirburn or regenerating heather by cutting. | Nil | 30(15) | Nil |
| (iii) In Northern Ireland only, reclamation of land, including the removal of obstructions to cultivation. | Nil | 30(16) | Nil |
| 13. (i) Orchard grubbing. | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| (ii) Replacement of apple orchards (other than apple orchards consisting of trees producing cider apples) which have been grubbed up after 7th November 1982 by an equal or smaller area of apple orchards consisting of— | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 |
| (a) the varieties of apple trees known as Cox's Orange Pippin apple, Bramley's Seedling apple or Spartan apple; | |||
| (b) any other named varieties of apple trees required for pollination (other than varieties producing cider apples) not exceeding in total one third of the number of trees of the varieties specified in subparagraph (a); | |||
| (c) any species of crab apple tree and any hybrid varieties of crab apple tree required for pollination. | |||
| (iii) Replacement of pear orchards (other than pear orchards consisting of trees producing perry pears) which have been grubbed up after 7th November 1982 by an equal or smaller area of pear orchards consisting of— | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 |
| (a) the varieties of pear trees known as Conference pear or Doyenne du Comice pear; | |||
| (b) any other named varieties of pear trees required for pollination (other than varieties producing perry pears) not exceeding in total one third of the number of trees of the varieties specified in subparagraph (a). | |||
| 14. Provision, replacement or improvement of stakes and wirework for— | |||
| (i) hop gardens; | 15 | 15 | Nil |
| (ii) cane fruit. | Nil | Nil | 15 |
| 15. Provision, replacement, improvement, alteration, enlargement or reconditioning of watercress beds. | Nil | Nil | 15 |
| 16. (i) Plant or equipment designed and intended for the preparation for market of harvested horticultural produce. | Nil | Nil | 15 |
| (ii) Provision, installation or replacement of glasshouse heating systems including boilers. | Nil | Nil | 15 |
| 17. Any work, facility or transaction incidental to the carrying out or provision of any work, facility or transaction specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 16 of this Schedule or necessary or proper in carrying out or providing it or securing the full benefit thereof. | The rate appropriate to that work, facility or transaction in accordance with the provisions of this scheme.” | ||
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) this rate of grant is available only to agricultural businesses situated on severely disadvantaged land.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.
In accordance with paragraph 9(1) these rates of grant are available only to agricultural businesses with an income per labour unit less than the comparable income.