TE5: Supplement for use of individual tree-shelters

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This item is part of Capital Grants 2026. You must read the Capital Grants 2026 guidance to understand the rules and how to apply.

If you’re applying for this item as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) application, you must read the CSHT applicant’s guide to understand the rules and how to apply.

How this supplement benefits the environment

Using tree shelters protects young, establishing trees from damage by browsing animals.

This item can help you protect, recover and improve biodiversity on your land.

as a supplement to the tree planting capital item TE4: Supply and plant tree

with Catchment Sensitive Farming approval as a supplement to TE4- for example, planting tree shelter belts, or in livestock housing or in free range areas for pig or poultry free ranging areas to improve air quality

In a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier agreement alongside these capital items:

Catchment Sensitive Farming provides advice where there’s water quality, air quality or flood risk issues linked to farming.

put up a tree shelter immediately after the tree is planted

make sure each shelter is flush with the ground to keep out small animals such as mice and voles

secure each shelter with 25 millimetre (mm)-by-25mm wooden stakes, placed in an upright position

check shelters regularly, maintaining them until the tree or shrub is established

design and support the shelters so they last for at least 5 years

dispose or recycle shelters and stakes according to relevant waste disposal regulations

The shelter protects trees from grazing animals and the height of the animal determines which shelter to use. For example, for:

roe, muntjac or Chinese water deer use 1.2 metres (m) shelters

fallow, red or sika deer use 1.8m shelters

hares and rabbits use 1.2m tree shelter or smaller if available

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