# Countryside Management Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Schedule 4: Management Activities (Optional Habitats)


Column (1)
Column (2)
Activity
Maximum Payment Rate
1 In relation to arable lands managed for wildlife—
(a) retention of winter stubble;
£50 per hectare per annum.
(b) conversion of improved land to spring cereals or oil seed rape;
£90 per hectare per annum.
(c) establishment of wild bird cover crop on improved land;
£500 per hectare per annum.
(d) establishment of wild bird cover crop on arable land;
£490 per hectare per annum.
(e) creation of a rough grass field margin;
£515 per hectare per annum.
(f) establishment of a conservation crop margin.
£100 per hectare per annum.
2 In relation to winter feeding sites for migratory swans and geese—
(a) management of improved land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese of 5 hectares or less;
£110 per hectare per annum.
(b) management of improved land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 5 hectares and up to and including 25 hectares;
£55 per hectare per annum.
(c) management of improved land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 25 hectares;
£25 per hectare per annum.
(d) management of arable land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese of 5 hectares or less;
£195 per hectare per annum.
(e) management of arable land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 5 hectares and up to and including 25 hectares;
£95 per hectare per annum.
(f) management of arable land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 25 hectares.
£45 per hectare per annum.
3 In relation to lapwing breeding sites—
(a) management of improved land for lapwing breeding;
£160 per hectare per annum.
(b) management of unimproved land for lapwing breeding.
£130 per hectare per annum.
4 In relation to traditional orchards—
(a) restoration of traditional orchards eligible for restoration;
£260 per hectare per annum.
(b) recreation of traditional orchards eligible for recreation.
£380 per hectare per annum.
5 In relation to buffer strips adjacent to an Area of Special Scientific Interest, National Nature Reserve, Natura 2000 site, watercourse, lake or woodland—
(a) management of a buffer strip on improved land;
£385 per hectare per annum.
(b) management of a buffer strip on unimproved land.
£345 per hectare per annum.
6 In relation to heather regeneration—
(a) burning of heather;
£60 per hectare per annum.
(b) flailing of heather.
£45 per hectare per annum.
7 In relation to bracken—
(a) control of bracken by tractor spraying;
£140 per hectare per annum.
(b) control of bracken by knapsack spraying.
£220 per hectare per annum.
8 In relation to rhododendron—
control of rhododendron.
£390 per hectare per annum.
9 In relation to scrub—
control of scrub.
£95 per hectare per annum.
10 In relation to restoration of field boundaries—
(a) restoring 5 metres of field boundaries per hectare per year;
£40 per hectare per annum.
(b) restoring 10 metres of field boundaries per hectare per year.
£80 per hectare per annum.
11 In relation to provision of native trees—
provision of native trees for areas less than 0.2 hectares.
£750 per hectare per annum.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/43/schedule/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/schedule-4
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