The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cotswold Hills) Designation Order 1994

Rates of payment under agreement

7.—(1) The Minister shall make payments under an agreement for land to which the agreement relates at the following rates—

(a) £12 per annum for each hectare of land other than improved permanent grassland or extensive permanent grassland or woodland;

(b) £30 per annum for each hectare of improved permanent grassland;

(c) £60 per annum for each hectare of extensive permanent grassland, unless a higher rate is applicable in accordance with paragraph (4) below.

(2) The Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum of £4 for each 0.25 metre of drystone walls restored per hectare in accordance with the programme referred to in Schedule 1 paragraph 1(5), subject to a maximum of 2 metres of drystone walls per hectare per annum, and to a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 which contains or is enclosed or partially enclosed by such walls.

(3) Where an agreement includes the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 2 the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £170 per annum for each hectare of access route.

(4) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £260 for each hectare of that land.

(5) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 4, the Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum of £2 for each 0.5 metre of non-stockproof hedges per hectare, subject to a maximum of 2 metres of non-stockproof hedges per hectare per annum, and to a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 which contains or is enclosed or partially enclosed by such hedges.

(6) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the aggregate of the operations included in the plan at a rate not exceeding £75 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £3,000 for each such plan.