# The Environmental Stewardship (England) Regulations 2005, Part 2: ELS options, OELS options and HLS options


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Option
ELS options points value per unit
OELS options points value per unit
HLS options maximum payment rate per agreement year
1 General—
(a) Identification, recording and retention of features
3 per hectare
3 per hectare
(b) Basic organic management
30 per hectare
2 Field boundaries—
(a) Hedgerow management (on both sides of the hedge)
22 per 100 metres
22 per 100 metres
(b) Hedgerow management (on one side of the hedge)
11 per 100 metres
11 per 100 metres
(c) Enhanced hedgerow management (on both sides of the hedge)
42 per 100 metres
42 per 100 metres
(d) Stone faced hedge bank management (on both sides of the hedge bank)
16 per 100 metres
16 per 100 metres
(e) Stone faced hedge bank management (on one side of the hedge bank)
8 per 100 metres
8 per 100 metres
(f) Ditch management (on both sides of the ditch)
24 per 100 metres
24 per 100 metres
(g) Ditch management (on one side of the ditch)
8 per 100 metres
8 per 100 metres
(h) Ditch management combined with hedgerow management mentioned at (a) above
38 per 100 metres
38 per 100 metres
(i) Ditch management combined with hedgerow management mentioned at (b) above
26 per 100 metres
26 per 100 metres
(j) Ditch management combined with hedgerow management mentioned at (c) above
56 per 100 metres
56 per 100 metres
(k) Stone wall protection and maintenance
15 per 100 metres
15 per 100 metres
3 Trees and woodland—
(a) Protection of in-field trees on arable land
12 per tree
12 per tree
£12 per tree
(b) Protection of in-field trees on grassland
8 per tree
8 per tree
£8 per tree
(c) Maintenance of woodland fences
4 per 100 metres
4 per 100 metres
(d) Management of land bordering woodland
380 per hectare
380 per hectare
£380 per hectare
4 Historic and landscape features—
(a) Taking cultivated land in or on which archaeological features are located out of cultivation
460 per hectare
600 per hectare
£600 per hectare
(b) Reducing cultivation depths on land in or on which archaeological features are located
60 per hectare
100 per hectare
£100 per hectare
(c) Management of scrub on archaeological sites
120 per hectare
120 per hectare
£120 per hectare
(d) Management of grassland in or on which archaeological features are located
16 per hectare
16 per hectare
£16 per hectare
(e) Maintenance of traditional farm buildings
2 per square metre of ground floor area
2 per square metre of ground floor area
£2 per square metre of ground floor area
5 Buffer strips—
(a) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on cultivated land
300 per hectare
£300 per hectare
(b) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on rotational land
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
(c) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on cultivated land
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
(d) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on rotational land
500 per hectare
£500 per hectare
(e) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on intensive grassland
300 per hectare
£300 per hectare
(f) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 2 metre buffer strips on organic grassland
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
(g) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on intensive grassland
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
(h) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4 metre or 6 metre buffer strips on organic grassland
500 per hectare
£500 per hectare
(i) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in improved grassland
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
(j) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in organic grassland
500 per hectare
£500 per hectare
(k) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in arable land
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
(l) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of buffer strips around in-field ponds in rotational land
500 per hectare
£500 per hectare
6 Arable land—
(a) Management of field corners
400 per hectare
500 per hectare
£500 per hectare
(b) Establishing and maintaining plant species beneficial to wild birds on arable land
450 per hectare
550 per hectare
£550 per hectare
(c) Establishing and maintaining plant species beneficial to wild birds on set-aside land
85 per hectare
£85 per hectare
(d) Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on arable land
450 per hectare
550 per hectare
£550 per hectare
(e) Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on set-aside land
85 per hectare
£85 per hectare
(f) Retention of over-wintered stubbles on arable land
120 per hectare
150 per hectare
£150 per hectare
(g) Creation and maintenance of beetle banks
580 per hectare
750 per hectare
£750 per hectare
(h) Creation of skylark plots
5 per plot
5 per plot
£5 per plot
(i) Creation of conservation headlands
100 per hectare
£100 per hectare
(j) Creation of conservation headlands with no fertiliser or manure
330 per hectare
£330 per hectare
(k) Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 6 metre uncropped cultivated margin on arable land
400 per hectare
£400 per hectare
7 Encouragement of a range of crop types—
(a) Under-sowing a spring-sown cereal crop with a mixture of seeds of grass and legume species
200 per hectare
150 per hectare
£200 per hectare
(b) Establishing and maintaining plant species beneficial to wild birds on grassland
450 per hectare
550 per hectare
£550 per hectare
(c) Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on grassland
450 per hectare
550 per hectare
£550 per hectare
(d) Planting cereals for whole crop silage followed by over-wintered stubbles
230 per hectare
250 per hectare
£250 per hectare
(e) Planting brassica fodder crops followed by over-wintered stubbles
90 per hectare
110 per hectare
£110 per hectare
8 Reduction of soil erosion—
(a) Management of cultivated land with a high risk of soil erosion
18 per hectare
18 per hectare
£18 per hectare
(b) Management of maize crops to reduce soil erosion
18 per hectare
18 per hectare
£18 per hectare
9 Grassland outside the less favoured area—
(a) Taking corners of fields of improved grassland out of management
400 per hectare
500 per hectare
£500 per hectare
(b) Management of permanent grassland using low inputs
85 per hectare
115 per hectare
£115 per hectare
(c) Management of permanent grassland using very low inputs
150 per hectare
180 per hectare
£180 per hectare
(d) Management of rush pastures
150 per hectare
180 per hectare
£180 per hectare
(e) Stocking land with cattle and sheep
8 per hectare
8 per hectare
£8 per hectare
10 Land within the less favoured area—
(a) Management of field corners
100 per hectare
100 per hectare
£100 per hectare
(b) Management of in-bye grassland using low inputs
35 per hectare
35 per hectare
£35 per hectare
(c) Management of in-bye pasture and meadows using very low inputs
60 per hectare
60 per hectare
£60 per hectare
(d) Management of rush pastures
60 per hectare
60 per hectare
£60 per hectare
(e) Establishment (where appropriate) and maintenance of rough grazing on land in parcels of less than 15 hectares
35 per hectare
35 per hectare
£35 per hectare
(f) Establishment (where appropriate) and maintenance of rough grazing on land in parcels of 15 hectares or more
5 per hectare
£5 per hectare
(g) Stocking land with cattle and sheep
8 per hectare
8 per hectare
£8 per hectare
11 Preparation of land management plans—
(a) Soil management
3 per hectare
3 per hectare
£3 per hectare
(b) Nutrient management
2 per hectare
2 per hectare
£2 per hectare
(c) Manure management
2 per hectare
2 per hectare
£2 per hectare
(d) Crop protection management
2 per hectare
£2 per hectare

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/621/schedule/2/part/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-stewardship-england-regulations-2005/schedule-2/part-2
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