# The Countryside Stewardship Regulations 1996, 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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/695/schedule/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-stewardship-regulations-1996/schedule/part-I
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