Livestock Tracks

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Date published: 22 December, 2015

Date superseded: 5 January, 2016

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The aim of this item is to protect water quality by converting existing livestock tracks used by dairy cattle to permanent hardcore tracks in order to reduce poaching, and, by creating alternative routes within a field, to minimise the movements of dairy cattle along public roads.

This applies to existing dairy livestock tracks which are currently on grassed or bare soil at risk of poaching and where run-off from the area can pose a pollution risk to surface water.

It can also be used to create new routes within a field to minimise the movements of dairy cattle along public roads.

You can check if this item is available on your holding here.

Applicants must prepare a plan identifying the location of the proposed tracks which are to be entered under this option.

Run-off from the livestock track must not directly enter a watercourse.

You can claim £11 per square metre.

The inspectors will check:

  • the location and extent of any livestock track
  • that run-off from the livestock track does not directly enter a watercourse

Section Change Previous text New text
EligibilitySentence removed.The land must be within a diffuse pollution priority catchment or focus area, unless an endorsement has been obtained from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.-
Spatial targetingSentence removed from the caption beneath the PDF.It may be possible to apply for this option outside this area where there is strong justification as endorsed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.-

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