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Part I Management Activities

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ActivityMaximum payment rate
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 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 sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement.

£40 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years
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

£50 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)

where sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) apply, additional management in the initial years of the agreement.

£40 per hectare per agreement year for 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 next 5 agreement years
(b)

management to enable regeneration of heather on improved land.

£120 per hectare per agreement year for the first 5 agreement years, then £70 per hectare per agreement year for the next 5 agreement years
4

In relation to cultivated land—

(a)

creation and management of grassland

£280 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

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
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 sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies, additional management at any stage of the agreement.

£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 other than any of a kind referred to in paragraphs 1 to 6 above—

(a)

restoration and management of orchards

£250 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

restoration and management of water meadows

£225 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

management of sand dunes

£50 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

where sub-paragraph (c) applies, additional management in the first agreement year in which the management of sand dunes commences

£40 per hectare in respect of the first such agreement year
(e)

management of salt-marshes

£20 per hectare per agreement year
(f)

where sub-paragraph (e) applies, additional management in the first agreement year in which the management of salt-marshes commences

£40 per hectare in respect of the first such agreement year
(g)

management of any of the following: fen, reedbeds and carr

£100 per hectare per agreement year
(h)

where sub-paragraph (g) applies, additional creation of reedbeds or additional planting of willow or alder saplings.

£40 per hectare per agreement year for 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

£500 per agreement year
(e)

permitting other public access to agreement land.

£150 per agreement year plus £35 per hectare per agreement year
9

In relation to arable land in a pilot area—

(a)

the retention of overwintered stubbles, other than in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (b), (c) or (e) below

£55 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

the retention of overwintered stubbles immediately following the cultivation of a cereal or linseed crop

£80 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

the retention of overwintered stubbles, followed by a spring and summer fallow

£540 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

the retention of overwintered stubbles in the circumstances described in both sub-paragraphs (b) and (c)

£565 per hectare per agreement year
(e)

the retention of overwintered stubbles, followed by the cultivation of a spring crop

£90 per hectare per agreement year
(f)

the retention of overwintered stubbles in the circumstances described in both sub-paragraphs (b) and (e)

£115 per hectare per agreement year
(g)

undersowing of a spring cereal crop, other than in the circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (h) or (i) below

£180 per hectare per agreement year
(h)

the undersowing of a spring cereal crop following the retention of overwintered stubbles

£200 per hectare per agreement year
(i)

the undersowing of a spring cereal crop, which is followed by a ley

£600 per hectare per agreement year
(j)

the undersowing of a spring cereal crop in the circumstances specified in both sub-paragraphs (h) and (i)

£620 per hectare per agreement year
(k)

creating and managing a crop margin with no summer insecticide

£20 per hectare per agreement year
(l)

creating and managing a conservation headland

£100 per hectare per agreement year
(m)

creating and managing a conservation headland without any fertiliser applications

£150 per hectare per agreement year
(n)

establishment of wildlife seed mixtures.

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