Part I MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
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| Activity | Maximum payment rate |
1 In relation to hay meadows— (a) management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares | £70 per hectare per agreement year |
(b) management of lowland meadowland of 3 hectares or less | £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(c) management of upland meadowland of more than 5 hectares | £80 per hectare per agreement year |
(d) management of upland meadowland of 5 hectares or less | £130 per hectare per agreement year |
(e) where 1(a), (b), (c), or (d) apply, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme. | £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
2 In relation to grazed pasture— (a) management of pasture of more than 3 hectares | £70 per hectare per agreement year |
(b) management of pasture of 3 hectares or less | £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(c) management of enclosed upland pasture | £50 per hectare per agreement year |
(d) management of grassland above chalk and limestone | £50 per hectare per agreement year |
(e) management of upland rough pasture | £20 per hectare per agreement year |
(f) where 2(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) apply, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme. | £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
3 In relation to upland moorland— (a) management to enable regeneration of suppressed heather | £65 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years, then £15 per hectare per agreement year for the subsequent 5 agreement years |
(b) management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land | £100 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years, then £50 per hectare per agreement year for the subsequent 5 agreement years |
4 In relation to cultivated land— (a) creation and management of grassland | £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(b) where 4(a) applies, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme | £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
5 In relation to existing or proposed lowland heath— (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 5(a), (b) or (c) applies, additional management at any stage of the management programme | £50 per hectare per agreement year |
6 In relation to arable field margins— (a) establishment and maintenance of an uncropped arable margin at least 6 metres wide | £35 per 100 metres per agreement year |
(b) establishment and maintenance of a grass margin or strip at least 2 metres wide | £15 per 100 metres per agreement year |
7 In relation to areas outside 1 to 6 above— (a) restoration and management of orchards | £250 per hectare per agreement year |
(b) restoration and management of watermeadows | £225 per hectare per agreement year |
(c) management of sand dunes | £50 per hectare per agreement year |
(d) where 7(c) applies, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme | £40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year |
(e) management of salt-marshes | £20 per hectare per agreement year |
(f) where 7(e) applies, additional management in the first year of the management programme | £40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year |
(g) management of any of the following: fen, reedbeds and carr | £100 per hectare per agreement year |
(h) where 7(g) applies, additional creation of reedbeds or additional planting of willow or alder saplings | £40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years |
8 In relation to public access— (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 | £400 per agreement year |
(e) permitting other public access to agreement land | £150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year |