The Organic Farming (England Rural Development Programme) Regulations 2003

PART 3 Maintenance grant

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In this Schedule — “AAPS-eligible land” means land which is “eligible land” within the meaning of the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996(1), other than managed land; “heath” means an area of grass, shrubs or trees growing on acidic, sandy soil; “managed land” means, in relation to any year of the specified period, any land which, at the beginning of that year, is subject to an agreement— (a) which was entered into before the start of the specified period; and (b) under which the applicant agreed to manage the land and not to apply over a period of five years more than the respective maximum quantities of inorganic and organic fertilisers; “the maximum quantities”, in relation to inorganic fertilisers, means, in the case of nitrogen, 75 kilograms per hectare, in the case of the phosphate fertiliser P2O5, 35 kilograms per hectare, and, in the case of the potassium fertiliser K2O, 35 kilograms per hectare, and, in relation to organic fertilisers, means 25 tonnes per hectare; “moorland” means land covered by semi-natural upland vegetation; “other improved land” means any land other than top fruit orchards, AAPS-eligible land, land planted to permanent crops or unimproved land; “permanent crops” means any crops which occupy the soil for a period of five years or more and yield crops over several years; and “unimproved land” means— (a) moorland or heath; or (b) land used for grazing— (i) which is managed land; or (ii) which is not AAPS-eligible land and which, in the five years preceding the date of the application, received total applications of less than the respective maximum quantities of inorganic and organic fertilisers.
Top fruit orchards	£30 per hectare
AAPS-eligible land and land planted to permanent crops:	£30 per hectare
Other improved land	£23 per hectare
Unimproved land	£5 per hectare

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1996/3142, amended by S.I. 1997/2969, S.I. 1998/3169 and S.I. 1999/8.