SCHEDULEACTIVITIES AND ITEMS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE MINISTER MAY MAKE GRANTS
PART IMANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Activity | Maximum payment rate |
| £70 per hectare per agreement year |
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
| £80 per hectare per agreement year |
| £130 per hectare per agreement year |
| £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
| £70 per hectare per agreement year |
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
| £20 per hectare per agreement year |
| £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
| £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 |
| £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 |
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
| £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
| £20 per hectare per agreement year |
| £30 per hectare per agreement year |
| £275 per hectare per agreement year |
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
| £35 per 100 metres per agreement year |
| £15 per 100 metres per agreement year |
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
| £225 per hectare per agreement year |
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
| £40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year |
| £20 per hectare per agreement year |
| £40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year |
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
| £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
| £150 per agreement year plus £0.15 per metre per agreement year |
| £150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year |
| £150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year |
| £400 per agreement year |
| £150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year |
PART IICAPITAL ACTIVITIES
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Activity | Maximum payment rate |
| £2 per metre |
| £1.50 per metre |
| £1.75 per metre |
| £1 per metre |
| £1.75 per metre |
| £1 per metre |
| £0.50 per metre |
| £1 per metre |
| £12 per metre |
| £4 per metre |
| £0.60 per metre |
| £10 per metre |
| £25 per metre |
| £3 per metre |
| £2 per metre |
| £0.65 per tree or shrub |
| £12.50 per tree |
| £17.50 per tree |
| £40 per tree |
| £0.20 per guard |
| £0.50 per tube |
| £6 per tree |
| £30 per guard |
| £8 per tree |
| £30 per tree |
| £3 per tree |
| £7 per tree |
| £1.50 per guard |
| £40 per bund |
| £140 per sluice |
| £400 per sluice |
| £40 per culvert |
| £3.00 per cubic metre up to 100 cubic metres and £0.50 per cubic metre thereafter |
| £2.00 per cubic metre up to 100 cubic metres and £0.50 per cubic metre thereafter |
| £1.25 per square metre up to 100 square metres and £0.25 per square metre thereafter |
| £100 per hectare |
| £250 per hectare |
| £500 per hectare |
| £40 per hectare |
| £50 per hectare |
| £100 per hectare |
| £0.80 per metre |
| £1.20 per metre |
| £0.40 per metre |
| £125 per gate |
| £125 per gate |
| £3.50 per metre |
| £0.40 per metre |
| £25 per trough |
| £100 per gate |
| £130 per gate |
| £200 per gate |
| £30 per stile |
| £40 per stile |
| £20 per stile |
| £30 per stile |
| £125 per footbridge |
| £30 per bench |
| £5 per square metre |
| £7.50 per square metre |
| £120 per eyesore |
PART IIIADVICE
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Activity | Maximum payment rate |
| £100 per application |
| £300 per plan |
| £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 areas6 (as last amended by Council Regulation EECNo. 797/85)7, which list is contained in Council Directive 84/169 EEC8 as amended by Commission Decision 91/25 EEC9; and
“watermeadow” means a meadow which is periodically inundated with water through a system of sluices and carriers.