1. In relation to hay meadows—
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(a)management of lowland meadowland
| £115 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)management of upland meadowland
| £150 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)where sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies, raising water levels on grassland
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)where sub-paragraph (b) applies, temporary removal of sheep from upland grassland
| £3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, upland grassland forming part of the agreement land |
(e)where sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies, additional management
| £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)where sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
2. In relation to grazed pasture—
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(a)management of pasture of more than 3 hectares
| £85 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)management of pasture of 3 hectares or less
| £115 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management of enclosed upland pasture
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management of grassland above chalk and limestone
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)management of upland rough pasture
| £20 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)management of enclosed upland rough pasture
| £45 per hectare per agreement year |
(g)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies, additional management
| £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(h)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(i)where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies, temporary removal of sheep from upland grassland
| £3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, upland grassland forming part of the agreement land |
(j)where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies, burning of vegetation
| £5 per hectare per agreement year |
(k)where sub-paragraph (e) or (f) applies, management of common land
| £5 per hectare per agreement year |
(l)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) applies, raising water levels on grassland
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
3. In relation to upland moorland—
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(a)management to enable regeneration of suppressed heather
| £70 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land
| £120 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management to enable enhancement of heather moorland
| £45 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management on heather moorland
| £4 per hectare per agreement year, subject to a maximum total of £2,500 per agreement year |
(e)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies, raising water levels on heather moorland
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies, temporary removal of sheep from heather moorland
| £3 per month for each sheep removed from, and kept on land other than, heather moorland forming part of the agreement land |
(g)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies, burning of vegetation
| £5 per hectare per agreement year |
(h)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) applies, management of common land
| £5 per hectare per agreement year |
4. In relation to cultivated land—
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(a)creation and management of grassland
| £280 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)where sub-paragraph (a) applies, creation and management of grassland, where the land has been set aside in the year preceding the first agreement year
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)where sub-paragraph (a) applies, additional management
| £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)where sub-paragraph (a) applies, raising water levels on grassland
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
5. In relation to existing or proposed lowland heath—
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(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 sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies, additional management at any stage of the agreement
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
6. In relation to field margins—
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(a)establishment and maintenance of an uncropped arable margin of a width in the range of 4 to 12 metres and averaging at least 6 metres
| £533 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)establishment and maintenance of an earth ridge or grass strip of a width of at least 2 metres across an arable field
| £600 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)establishment and maintenance of a grass margin of at least 2 metres in an arable field as follows—
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(i)in the case of agreements in respect of which applications were received before 30th July 1999
| £750 per hectare per agreement year |
(ii)in any other case
| £400 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)management, for the protection of wildlife, of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland
| £266 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) applies, use of a native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
7. In relation to areas other than any of a kind referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above—
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(a)restoration and management of orchards
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)restoration and management of water meadows
| £225 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management of any of the following: fen, reedbeds or carrs
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)where sub-paragraph (c) applies, additional management
| £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)where sub-paragraph (c) applies, additional management for raising water levels
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)management and regeneration of upland woodlands
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(g)management of historical features in uplands landscape
| £100 per hectare per agreement year, plus £20 per 0.1 hectare per agreement year |
8. In relation to public access—
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(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
| £500 per agreement year |
(e)permitting other public access to agreement land
| £150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year |
9. In relation to arable land in a pilot area—
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(a)the retention of overwintered stubbles, other than in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h) or (j)
| £40 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)the retention of overwintered stubbles immediately following the cultivation, with limited herbicide use, of a cereal or linseed crop
| £100 per hectare payable over two agreement years |
(c)the retention of overwintered stubbles, followed by a spring and summer fallow
| £520 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)as specified in sub-paragraph (b), followed by a spring and summer fallow
| £580 per hectare payable over two agreement years |
(e)the retention of overwintered stubbles, followed by the cultivation of a spring crop
| £75 per hectare per agreement year |
(f)as specified in sub-paragraph (b), followed by the cultivation of a spring crop
| £135 per hectare payable over two agreement years |
(g)the undersowing of a spring cereal crop, other than in the circumstances specified in paragraph (h) or (i)
| £135 per hectare per agreement year |
(h)the retention of overwintered stubbles followed by the undersowing of a spring cereal crop
| £145 per hectare per agreement year |
(i)the undersowing of a spring cereal crop, which is followed by a ley
| £595 per hectare payable over two agreement years |
(j)the retention of overwintered stubbles followed by the undersowing of a spring cereal crop and a ley
| £605 per hectare payable over two agreement years |
(k)creating and managing a crop margin with no summer insecticide
| £12 per hectare per agreement year |
(l)creating and managing a conservation headland
| £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(m)creating and managing a conservation headland without any fertiliser applications
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(n)establishment of wildlife seed mixtures
| Agreed costs of implementing proposals |
10. In relation to inter-tidal and coastal habitats—
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(a)creation of inter-tidal habitats on arable land
| £525 per hectare per agreement year |
(b)creation of inter-tidal habitats on grassland
| £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(c)management of inter-tidal habitats
| £20 per hectare per agreement year |
(d)management of sand dunes
| £50 per hectare per agreement year |
(e)where any of sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) applies, additional management on coastal land
| £60 per hectare per agreement year |
