{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1996/schedule/part-I",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/695",
  "legislation_title": "The Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nActivity\nMaximum payment rate\n1 In relation to hay meadows—\n(a) management of lowland meadowland of more than 3 hectares\n£70 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) management of lowland meadowland of 3 hectares or less\n£100 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) management of upland meadowland of more than 5 hectares\n£80 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) management of upland meadowland of 5 hectares or less\n£130 per hectare per agreement year\n(e) where 1(a), (b), (c), or (d) apply, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme.\n£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years\n2 In relation to grazed pasture—\n(a) management of pasture of more than 3 hectares\n£70 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) management of pasture of 3 hectares or less\n£100 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) management of enclosed upland pasture\n£50 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) management of grassland above chalk and limestone\n£50 per hectare per agreement year\n(e) management of upland rough pasture\n£20 per hectare per agreement year\n(f) where 2(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) apply, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme.\n£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years\n3 In relation to upland moorland—\n(a) management to enable regeneration of suppressed heather\n£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\n(b) management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land\n£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\n4 In relation to cultivated land—\n(a) creation and management of grassland\n£250 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) where 4(a) applies, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme\n£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years\n5 In relation to existing or proposed lowland heath—\n(a) management to prevent decline of existing lowland heath\n£20 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) management to improve existing lowland heath\n£30 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) creation and management of lowland heath on cultivated land\n£275 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) where 5(a), (b) or (c) applies, additional management at any stage of the management programme\n£50 per hectare per agreement year\n6 In relation to arable field margins—\n(a) establishment and maintenance of an uncropped arable margin at least 6 metres wide\n£35 per 100 metres per agreement year\n(b) establishment and maintenance of a grass margin or strip at least 2 metres wide\n£15 per 100 metres per agreement year\n7 In relation to areas outside 1 to 6 above—\n(a) restoration and management of orchards\n£250 per hectare per agreement year\n(b) restoration and management of watermeadows\n£225 per hectare per agreement year\n(c) management of sand dunes\n£50 per hectare per agreement year\n(d) where 7(c) applies, additional management in the initial stages of the management programme\n£40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year\n(e) management of salt-marshes\n£20 per hectare per agreement year\n(f) where 7(e) applies, additional management in the first year of the management programme\n£40 per hectare in relation to the first agreement year\n(g) management of any of the following: fen, reedbeds and carr\n£100 per hectare per agreement year\n(h) where 7(g) applies, additional creation of reedbeds or additional planting of willow or alder saplings\n£40 per hectare per agreement year within the first 5 agreement years\n8 In relation to public access—\n(a) creation and maintenance of new footpaths for public access\n£150 per agreement year plus £0.15 per metre per agreement year\n(b) creation and maintenance of new bridleways for public access\n£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year\n(c) creation and maintenance of paths suitable for use by disabled people for public access\n£150 per agreement year plus £0.30 per metre per agreement year\n(d) permitting access to agreement land for educational visits\n£400 per agreement year\n(e) permitting other public access to agreement land\n£150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1827",
      "affecting_title": "The Countryside Stewardship (Amendment)Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/695/schedule/part/I",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}