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The Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1996

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Regulation 3

SCHEDULEACTIVITIES AND ITEMS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE MINISTER MAY MAKE GRANTS

PART IMANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Column 1Column 2
ActivityMaximum 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

PART IICAPITAL ACTIVITIES

Column 1Column 2
ActivityMaximum payment rate

1.  In relation to headgerow restoration—

(a)laying of hedge

£2 per metre

(b)coppicing of hedge

£1.50 per metre

(c)planting to fill gaps in hedge

£1.75 per metre

(d)follow up maintenance of restored hedgerows 5 years after 1(a), (b) or (c) applies

£1 per metre

(e)planting of hedge

£1.75 per metre

(f)where 1(a) or (b) applies, preparatory work on hedges that are more than 1.5 metres wide and 5 metres high

£1 per metre

(g)where 1(a), (b) or (c) applies, removal of fence posts and wires

£0.50 per metre

(h)where 1(a) applies, additional work which involves use of staking and top binding

£1 per metre

2.  In relation to field boundaries—

(a)restoration of stone wall

£12 per metre

(b)where 2(a) applies additional work where 50% or more of the stone is imported from off the holding, or to a length of wall of at least 10 metres on slopes exceeding 30 degrees

£4 per metre

(c)installation of wiring along upper surface of stone wall

£0.60 per metre

(d)repair of stone-faced hedge bank

£10 per metre

(e)restoration of stone-faced hedge bank

£25 per metre

(f)restoration of earth bank

£3 per metre

(g)restoration of ditch

£2 per metre

3.  In relation to tree planting and management—

(a)planting of trees and shrubs

£0.65 per tree or shrub

(b)coppicing of trees along watercourses

£12.50 per tree

(c)pollarding of trees

£17.50 per tree

(d)tree surgery

£40 per tree

(e)installation of spiral rabbit guard

£0.20 per guard

(f)installation of tree tube

£0.50 per tube

(g)planting of standard tree in a park of historical interest

£6 per tree

(h)installation of parkland guard in a park of historical interest

£30 per guard

4.  In relation to orchards—

(a)pruning and restoration of fruit trees

£8 per tree

(b)pruning to restore the frame of fruit trees

£30 per tree

(c)planting of maiden fruit trees

£3 per tree

(d)planting of standard fruit trees

£7 per tree

(e)installation of orchard tree guard

£1.50 per guard

5.  In relation to water levels and features—

(a)installation of earth bund

£40 per bund

(b)installation of timber sluice

£140 per sluice

(c)installation of brick, stone or concrete sluice

£400 per sluice

(d)installation of culvert

£40 per culvert

(e)creation of pond

£3.00 per cubic metre up to 100 cubic metres and £0.50 per cubic metre thereafter

(f)restoration of existing pond

£2.00 per cubic metre up to 100 cubic metres and £0.50 per cubic metre thereafter

(g)creation of scrape

£1.25 per square metre up to 100 square metres and £0.25 per square metre thereafter

6.  In relation to scrub—

(a)removal or reduction of scrub where scrub ground cover is less than 25%

£100 per hectare

(b)removal or reduction of scrub where scrub ground cover is between 25% and 75% (inclusive)

£250 per hectare

(c)removal or reduction of scrub where scrub ground cover is over 75%

£500 per hectare

(d)where I(a), (b) or (c) applies, follow up work to remove scrub regrowth

£40 per hectare

7.  In relation to bracken—

(a)removal or reduction of bracken by mechanical means

£50 per hectare

(b)removal or reduction of bracken by the application of chemicals

£100 per hectare

8.  In relation to fencing—

(a)installation of post and wire fencing

£0.80 per metre

(b)installation of sheep fencing

£1.20 per metre

(c)installation of rabbit netting

£0.40 per metre

(d)installation of river gate

£125 per gate

(e)installation of field gate

£125 per gate

(f)installation of deer fencing in parks of historial interest

£3.50 per metre

9.  In relation to the supply of water—

(a)installation of pipelines to supply water

£0.40 per metre

(b)installation of water trough

£25 per trough

10.  In relation to agreement land to which public access is available—

(a)installation of bridle gate

£100 per gate

(b)installation of kissing gate

£130 per gate

(c)installation of kissing gate suitable for use by disabled people

£200 per gate

(d)installation of timber stile other than a ladder stile

£30 per stile

(e)installation of ladder stile

£40 per stile

(f)installation of step-over stile in stone wall

£20 per stile

(g)installation of step-through stile in stone wall

£30 per stile

(h)construction of footbridge

£125 per footbridge

(i)installation of bench

£30 per bench

(j)construction of hard standing for car park

£5 per square metre

(k)construction of hard standing for paths suitable for use by disabled people

£7.50 per square metre

11.  Clearance of an eyesore

£120 per eyesore

PART IIIADVICE

Column 1Column 2
ActivityMaximum payment rate

1.  Payment in respect of charges incurred for technical advice and professional help in the preparation of an application for a stewardship agreement, where a stewardship agreement is subsequently entered into.

£100 per application

2.  Payment in respect of charges incurred for professional help in the preparation of a management plan where a stewardship agreement is subsequently entered into or where a stewardship agreement is in force at the time of preparation of the plan.

£300 per plan

3.  Payment in respect of charges incurred for professional help in the preparation of notes for schoolteachers in relation to agreement land to which access for educational visits is permitted.

£100 per agreement

PART IVINTERPRETATION

In Parts I to III of the Schedule—

“carr” means an area of marshy ground on which the vegetation is predominantly willow or alder;

“fen” means an area off low lying marshy ground;

“grassland” means land on which the vegetation consists primarily of grass species;

“heath” means an area of grass, shrubs and trees on acidic sandy soils;

“improved land” means land which has been either drained, fertilised, reseeded or otherwise managed to increase its productive capacity;

“lowland” means other than upland;

“management plan” means a plan for carrying out any activity (other than the making of a payment) provided for in a stewardship agreement;

“maiden fruit tree” means a fruit tree not more than 2 years old;

“meadowland” means land used for the production of hay or silage;

“reedbeds” means an area of marshy ground on which the vegetation consists primarily of reeds;

“rough pasture” means permanent grassland on which the vegetation is predominantly natural because agricultural improvement is difficult due to terrain or other physical constraints;

“scrape” means a shallow excavation which may hold water seasonally;

“standard fruit tree” means a fruit tree other than a maiden fruit tree with a stem of between 1.6 metres and 2 metres and no more than 5 years old;

“upland” means situated within the area in England included in the list of less-favoured farming areas established under Article 2(2) of Council Directive 75/268 EEC on mountain and hill farming in less-favoured areas(1) (as last amended by Council Regulation EEC No. 797/85)(2), which list is contained in Council Directive 84/169 EEC(3) as amended by Commission Decision 91/25 EEC(4); and

“watermeadow” means a meadow which is periodically inundated with water through a system of sluices and carriers.

(1)

OJ No. L128 19.5.75, p.1.

(2)

OJ No. L93 30.3.85, p.1.

(3)

OJ No. L82 26.3.84, p.67.

(4)

OJ No. L16 22.1.91, p.25.

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