Part 3 HLS options

Hedgerows—

Maintenance of hedgerows of very high environmental value

Woodland trees and scrub—

Protection of ancient trees in arable fields

Protection of ancient trees in intensive grassland

Maintenance of grazed woodland or parkland

Restoration of grazed woodland or parkland

Creation of grazed woodland

Maintenance of small areas of woodland

Restoration of small areas of woodland

Creation of small areas of woodland in the less favoured area

Creation of small areas of woodland outside the less favoured area

Maintenance of successional areas and scrub for specific target species

Restoration of successional areas and scrub for specific target species

Creation of successional areas and scrub for specific target species

Supplement to (g) above for the removal of livestock from overgrazed woodland

Supplement to (k) and (l) above for the removal of livestock from overgrazed areas of scrub

Orchards—

Maintenance of high value traditional orchards

Maintenance of traditional orchards in production

Restoration of traditional orchards

Creation of traditional orchards

Historic and landscape features—

Protection of sub-surface archaeological features by establishing grassland through natural regeneration

Direct drilling of crops to protect archaeological features from ploughing or other deep cultivation

Maintaining high water levels in wetland areas to protect archaeological features

Maintenance of historic water features

Maintenance of water meadows

Restoration and management of water meadows

Arable land—

Establishing (where appropriate) and maintaining a grass margin that contains a mixture of grass and wildflower species

Establishing and maintaining plots with plant species beneficial to wild birds

Establishing and maintaining fallow plots for ground-nesting birds

Establishing and maintaining an un-harvested, fertiliser-free conservation headland

Management of a cereal crop using reduced herbicides followed by over-wintered stubbles and a spring crop

Management of fodder crops to retain or re-create a mixture of wildflower and grass for seed-eating birds

Establishing and maintaining cultivated fallow plots or margins for rare arable plants on set-aside land

Establishing and maintaining plots for ground-nesting birds on set-aside land

Management of a cereal crop using reduced inputs followed by set-aside

Establishing and maintaining of un-harvested, fertiliser-free conservation headlands followed by set-aside

Establishing a spring cereal crop using restricted inputs to retain or re-create an arable area within a predominantly grassland area

Establishing and maintaining cultivated fallow plots or margins for the establishment of rare arable plants

Resource protection—

Reversion of arable land to unfertilised grassland to prevent erosion or run-off

Reversion of arable land to grassland with low fertiliser input to prevent erosion or run-off

Management of in-field grass areas to prevent erosion or run-off

Preventing erosion or run-off from intensively managed improved grassland

Supplement to (a) to (d) above for the seasonal removal of livestock from grassland or grass areas (as the case may be)

Supplement to (d) above where grassland is also managed without the use of fertilisers

Grassland—

Maintenance of species-rich grassland

Restoration of species-rich grassland

Creation of species-rich grassland

Maintenance of wet grassland for breeding waders

Maintenance of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl

Restoration of wet grassland for breeding waders

Restoration of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl

Creation of wet grassland for breeding waders

Creation of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl

Maintenance of semi-improved or rough grassland for target species

Restoration of semi-improved or rough grassland for target species

Creation of semi-improved or rough grassland for target species

Management of buffer strips on intensive grassland

Continuation or re-introduction of haymaking

Supplement to (a) to (l) above for raising water levels in ditches and adjacent land

Supplement to (e), (g) and (i) above for flooding the grassland

Moorland and upland rough grazing—

Maintenance of moorland

Restoration of moorland

Creation of upland heathland

Maintenance of rough grazing habitat for birds

Restoration of rough grazing habitat for birds

Supplement to (a), (b), (d) and (e) above for the management of grazing

Supplement to (a), (b), (d) and (e) above for the removal of livestock

Supplement to (a) to (e) above for the re-wetting of moorland to maintain wildlife habitats

Supplement to (a), (b), (d) and (e) above for management of heather, gorse and grass by burning or cutting

Access—

Permitting and making provision for public access to farmland

Provision of footpath access on farmland

Provision of paths on farm land for people with reduced mobility

Upgrading and maintaining paths on farm land for people with reduced mobility

Provision of bridleways or cycle paths on farm land

Upgrading and maintenance of bridleways or cycle paths on farm land

Permitting and making provision for access to farm land for educational visits

Permitting and making provision for public access to farm land – base payment for (a) to (f) above

Permitting access to farm land for educational visits – base payment for (g) above

Lowland heathland—

Maintenance of lowland heathland

Restoration of heathland on neglected sites

Restoration of forestry areas to lowland heathland

Creation of lowland heathland on arable or improved grassland

Creation of lowland heathland on disused quarry sites

Inter-tidal and coastal land—

Maintenance of coastal saltmarsh

Restoration of coastal saltmarsh

Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on arable land

Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on grassland

Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat by unmanaged breach or regular inundation

Maintenance of sand dunes

Restoration of sand dunes

Creation of coastal vegetated shingle and sand dunes on arable land

Creation of coastal vegetated shingle and sand dunes on grassland

Supplement to (a) to (e) above for the management of grazing on saltmarsh or saline habitat (as the case may be)

Supplement to (b) and (e) above for the temporary removal of livestock from saltmarsh or saline habitat (as the case may be)

Wetland—

Maintenance of ponds of high wildlife value with an area of less than 100 square metres

Maintenance of ponds of high wildlife value with an area of at least 100 square metres

Maintenance of reedbeds

Restoration of reedbeds

Creation of reedbeds

Maintenance of fen

Restoration of fen

Creation of fen

Maintenance of lowland raised bog to provide habitat for wildlife

Restoration of lowland raised bog to provide habitat for wildlife

Supplement to (c) to (h) above for implementing a cutting regime

Supplement to (f) to (j) above for implementing a grazing regime

Additional supplements—

Supplement for controlling invasive plant species

Supplement for controlling bracken

Supplement for the management of small fields

Supplement for the management of difficult sites

Supplement for land in respect of which there is more than one rights holder or owner

Supplement for cattle grazing for conservation purposes

Supplement for grazing native breeds at risk