# The Countryside Stewardship (Amendment) Regulations 1999, Part I: AMENDED PARAGRAPHS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 6


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1 In relation to hay meadows–
(a) management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares
£85 per hectare per agreement year
(b) management of lowland meadowland of 3 hectares or less
£115 per hectare per agreement year
(c) management of upland meadowland
£150 per hectare per agreement year
(d) where sub-paragraph (c) applies, raising water levels on upland grassland
£40 per hectare per agreement year
(e) where sub-paragraph (c) 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
(f) where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement
£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
(g) where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
£250 per hectare per agreement year
2 In relation to grazed pasture–
(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) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement
£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
(h) where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, 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) apply, 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) apply, burning of vegetation
£5 per hectare per agreement year
(k) where sub-paragraph (e) or (f) apply, management of common land
£5 per hectare per agreement year
(l) where sub-paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (f) apply, raising water levels on upland grassland
£40 per hectare per agreement year
3 In relationship to upland moorland–
(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) apply, raising water levels on heather moorland
£40 per hectare per agreement year
(f) where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, 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) apply, burning of vegetation
£5 per hectare per agreement year
(h) where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, management of common land
£5 per hectare per agreement year
4 In relation to cultivated land–
(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
£100 per hectare per agreement year
(c) where sub-paragraph (a) applies, additional management in the initial years of the agreement
£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
(d) where sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) apply, use of native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
£250 per hectare per agreement year
6 In relation to field margins–
(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
£583 per hectare per agreement year
(b) establishment and maintenance of a grass margin or strip of a width of at least 2 metres in or across an arable field
£750 per hectare per agreement year
(c) management of a field margin or strip of an average width of at least 6 metres, within grassland
£100 per hectare per agreement year
(d) 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
(e) where sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, use of a native grass and herb seed to establish an enhanced sward
£250 per hectare per agreement year
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1177/schedule/1/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-amendment-regulations-1999/schedule-1/part-I
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