# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation Order 1994, Article 7: Rates of payment under agreement


(1) The Minister shall make payments under an agreement for land to which the agreement relates at the following rates—
(a) £12 per annum for each hectare of land other than improved permanent grassland, low-input permanent grassland, unimproved pasture, rough land or woodland;
(b) £25 per annum for each hectare of improved permanent grassland;
(c) £40 per annum for each hectare of low-input permanent grassland;
(d) £50 per annum for each hectare of unimproved pasture and rough land,
unless a higher rate is applicable in accordance with paragraph (3) below.
(2) Where an agreement includes the requirements as to public access specified in Schedule 2 the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £170 per annum for each hectare of access route.
(3) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 3 in relation to any land, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £180 per annum for each hectare of that land.
(4) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 4 in relation to any managed woodland, the Minister shall make payments at a rate of £25 per annum for each hectare of that managed woodland.
(5) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in Schedule 5, the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £3 for each 10 metres of stockproof hedges per hectare, subject to a maximum of 50 metres of stockproof hedges per hectare, and to a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 (less any rough land) which contains or is enclosed or partially enclosed by such hedges.
(6) Where an agreement includes a conservation plan, the Minister shall also make payments in respect of the aggregate of the operations included in the plan at a rate not exceeding £75 per annum for each hectare of land to which the agreement relates, subject to a maximum of £3,000 for each plan.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/707/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-blackdown-hills-designation-order-1994/article-7
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