SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES AND ITEMS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE MINISTER MAY MAKE GRANTS
Regulation 3

PART I MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Column 1	Column 2
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

PART II CAPITAL ACTIVITIES
Column 1	Column 2
Activity	Maximum 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 III ADVICE
Column 1	Column 2
Activity	Maximum 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 IV INTERPRETATION
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 (as last amended by Council Regulation EECNo. 797/85), which list is contained in Council Directive 84/169 EEC as amended by Commission Decision 91/25 EEC; and
“watermeadow” means a meadow which is periodically inundated with water through a system of sluices and carriers.
OJNo. L128 19.5.75, p.1.
OJNo. L93 30.3.85, p.1.
OJNo. L82 26.3.84, p.67.
OJNo. L16 22.1.91, p.25.