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Regulation 3
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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.
OJ No. L128 19.5.75, p.1.
OJ No. L93 30.3.85, p.1.
OJ No. L82 26.3.84, p.67.
OJ No. L16 22.1.91, p.25.