OpenLegislation

Schedule 3 Optional Management Activities

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Column 1Column 2
ActivityMaximum payment rate
1

In relation to arable land–

(a)

establishment of unsprayed cereal, rape and linseed crops:

(i)

on existing arable land

£120 per hectare per agreement year
(ii)

on arable land converted from improved grassland

£390 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

management of winter stubbles–

(i)

after a conventional crop

£80 per hectare per agreement year
(ii)

after an unsprayed cereal crop

£120 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

establishment of spring cereals undersown with grasses and legumes

£90 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

establishment of unsprayed root crops followed by winter grazing

£235 per hectare per agreement year
(e)

establishment of rough grass margins

£350 per hectare per agreement year
(f)

establishment of uncropped fallow margins

£450 per hectare per agreement year subject to no payment being made for more than 3 hectares in any agreement year
(g)

establishment of a wildlife cover crop

£350 per hectare per agreement year subject to no payment being made for more than 3 hectares in any agreement year
(h)

conversion of arable land to grassland:

(i)

conversion to improved grassland where there is light grazing

£95 per hectare per agreement year
(ii)

conversion to semi-improved haymeadow

£165 per hectare per agreement year
(iii)

conversion to semi-improved grazed pasture

£210 per hectare per agreement year
(iv)

conversion to improved grazing on coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland

£220 per hectare per agreement year
2

In relation to grassland restoration for the purpose of enhancing habitats and features–

(a)

conversion of improved grassland to semi-improved haymeadows–

(i)

parkland

£95 per hectare per agreement year
(ii)

other improved grassland

£160 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

conversion of the following types of improved grassland to semi-improved grazed pasture–

(i)

parkland

£95 per hectare per agreement year
(ii)

coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland managed for breeding birds

£100 per hectare per agreement year
(iii)

coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland managed for breeding birds and wildfowl

£125 per hectare per agreement year
(iv)

other improved grassland

£160 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

conversion of semi-improved enclosed grassland to unimproved grassland–

(i)

grazed semi-improved neutral grassland converted to grazed unimproved neutral grassland

£80 per hectare per agreement year
(ii)

grazed semi-improved acid and limestone grassland converted to grazed unimproved acid and limestone grassland

£95 per hectare per agreement year
(iii)

semi-improved haymeadow converted to unimproved haymeadow on neutral grassland

£110 per hectare per agreement year
(iv)

semi-improved haymeadow converted to unimproved haymeadow on acid and limestone grassland

£130 per hectare per agreement year
3

In relation to the establishment of new habitats–

(a)

establishment of new broad-leaved woodland and scrub on sites of less than 0.25 hectares

£1,600 per hectare (single payment)
(b)

the management of naturally regenerating broad-leaved woodland or newly planted broad-leaved woodland

£140 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

establishment of stream-side corridors

£310 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

establishment of new reed beds other than on saltmarshes

£310 per hectare per agreement year
(e)

establishment of heathland vegetation on acid grassland

£110 per hectare per agreement year
(f)

establishment of heathland vegetation on maritime cliffs and slopes

£70 per hectare per agreement year
(g)

establishment of heathland on improved land

£290 per hectare per agreement year
(h)

establishment of new saltmarshes

£230 per hectare per agreement year
(i)

establishment of new reedbeds on saltmarshes

£200 per hectare per agreement year
(j)

establishment of new sand dunes

£235 per hectare per agreement year
4

Managing buffer zones on improved land adjacent to ponds, lakes, streams and field boundary ditches

£180 per hectare per agreement year
5

Management of improved grassland–

(a)

for breeding lapwings

£160 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

for over-wintering wildfowl

£40 per hectare per agreement year
6

Increasing water levels–

(a)

on improved grassland which is being converted to semi-improved grassland

£130 per hectare per agreement year
(b)

on marshy grassland

£55 per hectare per agreement year
(c)

on improved land and coastal grazing marsh and floodplain grassland–

  • managed for breeding birds

£80 per hectare per agreement year

  • managed for wildfowl

£50 per hectare per agreement year
(d)

on historic and archaeological sites

£130 per hectare per agreement year
7

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 and cycle paths

£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 areas of enclosed agreement land

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