The Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1996

PART I MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Activity	Maximum payment rate
1.  In relation to hay meadows— (a) management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares	£70 per hectare per agreement year
(b) management of lowland meadowland of 3 hectares or less	£100 per hectare per agreement year
(c) management of upland meadowland of more than 5 hectares	£80 per hectare per agreement year
(d) management of upland meadowland of 5 hectares or less	£130 per hectare per agreement year
(e) where 1(a), (b), (c), or (d) apply, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme.	£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years
2.  In relation to grazed pasture— (a) management of pasture of more than 3 hectares	£70 per hectare per agreement year
(b) management of pasture of 3 hectares or less	£100 per hectare per agreement year
(c) management of enclosed upland pasture	£50 per hectare per agreement year
(d) management of grassland above chalk and limestone	£50 per hectare per agreement year
(e) management of upland rough pasture	£20 per hectare per agreement year
(f) where 2(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) apply, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme.	£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years
3.  In relation to upland moorland— (a) management to enable regeneration of suppressed heather	£65 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years, then £15 per hectare per agreement year for the subsequent 5 agreement years
(b) management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land	£100 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years, then £50 per hectare per agreement year for the subsequent 5 agreement years
4.  In relation to cultivated land— (a) creation and management of grassland	£250 per hectare per agreement year
(b) where 4(a) applies, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme	£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years
5.  In relation to existing or proposed lowland heath— (a) management to prevent decline of existing lowland heath	£20 per hectare per agreement year
(b) management to improve existing lowland heath	£30 per hectare per agreement year
(c) creation and management of lowland heath on cultivated land	£275 per hectare per agreement year
(d) where 5(a), (b) or (c) applies, additional management at any stage of the management programme	£50 per hectare per agreement year
6.  In relation to arable field margins— (a) establishment and maintenance of an uncropped arable margin at least 6 metres wide	£35 per 100 metres per agreement year
(b) establishment and maintenance of a grass margin or strip at least 2 metres wide	£15 per 100 metres per agreement year
7.  In relation to areas outside 1 to 6 above— (a) restoration and management of orchards	£250 per hectare per agreement year
(b) restoration and management of watermeadows	£225 per hectare per agreement year
(c) management of sand dunes	£50 per hectare per agreement year
(d) where 7(c) applies, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme	£40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year
(e) management of salt-marshes	£20 per hectare per agreement year
(f) where 7(e) applies, additional management in the first year of the management programme	£40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year
(g) management of any of the following: fen, reedbeds and carr	£100 per hectare per agreement year
(h) where 7(g) applies, additional creation of reedbeds or additional planting of willow or alder saplings	£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years
8.  In relation to public access— (a) creation and maintenance of new footpaths for public access	£150 per agreement year plus £0.15 per metre per agreement year
(b) creation and maintenance of new bridleways for public access	£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year
(c) creation and maintenance of paths suitable for use by disabled people for public access	£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year
(d) permitting access to agreement land for educational visits	£400 per agreement year
(e) permitting other public access to agreement land	£150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year