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Article 4(3) and (4)
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Matter | Maximum Payment Rate |
1. In relation to unimproved land – | |
(a)management of unimproved land of 100 hectares or less; | £50 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of unimproved land over 100 hectares and less than and including 200 hectares; | £25 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of unimproved land over 200 hectares. | £10 per hectare per annum. |
2. In relation to management of species rich grassland – | |
(a)management of species rich hay meadows; | £170 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of species rich grassland where there is a restricted grazing period; | £155 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of species rich grassland where there is a closed grazing period. | £155 per hectare per annum. |
3. In relation to wetlands – | |
management of fen, swamp and reed beds | £90 per hectare per annum. |
4. In relation to breeding wader sites – | |
(a)management of breeding wader sites where there is a restricted grazing period; | £80 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of breeding wader sites where there is a closed grazing period; | £130 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of improved land for breeding lapwing; | £180 per hectare per annum. |
(d)management of unimproved land for breeding lapwing; | £150 per hectare per annum. |
(e)management of fallow plots for breeding lapwing. | £325 per hectare per annum. |
5. In relation to moorland – | |
(a)management of heather moorland of 50 hectares or less; | £45 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of heather moorland over 50 hectares up to and including 100 hectares; | £25 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of heather moorland of over 100 hectares; | £10 per hectare per annum. |
(d)management of rough moorland grazing of 50 hectares or less; | £35 per hectare per annum. |
(e)management of rough moorland grazing over 50 hectares up to and including 100 hectares; | £20 per hectare per annum. |
(f)management of rough moorland grazing of more than 100 hectares. | £10 per hectare per annum. |
6. In relation to lowland raised bogs – | |
(a)management of lowland raised bog of 50 hectares or less; | £45 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of lowland raised bog of over 50 up to and including 100 hectares; | £25 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of lowland raised bog over 100 hectares. | £10 per hectare per annum. |
7. In relation to broadleaved farm woodland and farm scrub – | |
(a)management of broadleaved farm woodland and farm scrub of 10 hectares or less where there is a restricted grazing period; | £85 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of broadleaved farm woodland and farm scrub over 10 hectares up to and including 20 hectares where there is a restricted grazing period; | £40 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of broadleaved farm woodland and farm scrub over 20 hectares where there is a restricted grazing period; | £20 per hectare per annum. |
(d)management of broadleaved farm woodland of 10 hectares or less where there is a closed grazing period; | £115 per hectare per annum. |
(e)management of broadleaved farm woodland over 10 hectares up to and including 20 hectares where there is a closed grazing period; | £60 per hectare per annum. |
(f)management of broadleaved farm woodland over 20 hectares where there is a closed grazing period. | £30 per hectare per annum. |
8. In relation to archaeological features – | |
management of archaeological features. | £300 per hectare per annum for the first 2 hectares, £150 per hectare per annum for the next 1 hectare and £50 per hectare per annum thereafter. |
9. In relation to parkland – | |
(a)management of parkland of 100 hectares or less; | £65 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of parkland over 100 hectares up to and including 200 hectares; | £30 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of parkland over 200 hectares. | £10 per hectare per annum. |
10. In relation to arable lands managed for wildlife – | |
(a)retention of winter stubble; | £80 per hectare per annum. |
(b)undersown cereals; | £75 per hectare per annum. |
(c)establishment of conservation cereal; | £115 per hectare per annum. |
(d)establishment of wild bird cover crop; | £510 per hectare per annum. |
(e)creation of rough grass field margin. | £330 per hectare per annum. |
11. In relation to chough feeding sites – | |
management of chough feeding sites. | £50 per hectare per annum. |
12. In relation to winter feeding sites for migratory swans and geese – | |
(a)management of improved land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese of 5 hectares or less; | £120 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of improved land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 5 hectares and up to and including 25 hectares; | £60 per hectare per annum. |
(c)management of improved land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 25 hectares; | £30 per hectare per annum. |
(d)management of arable land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese of 5 hectares or less; | £205 per hectare per annum. |
(e)management of arable land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 5 hectares and up to and including 25 hectares; | £100 per hectare per annum. |
(f)management of arable land for winter feeding of migratory swans and geese over 25 hectares. | £50 per hectare per annum. |
13. In relation to traditional orchards – | |
restoration of traditional orchards. | £370 per hectare per annum |
14. In relation to grass margins – | |
(a)management of a grass margin on unimproved or improved land where grazing is not permissible; | £420 per hectare per annum. |
(b)management of a grass margin of less than 0.2 hectares on unimproved or improved land involving the planting of trees. | £1110 per hectare per annum. |
15. In relation to heather regeneration – | |
(a)burning of heather; | £100 per hectare per annum. |
(b)flailing of heather. | £50 per hectare per annum. |
16. In relation to bracken – | |
(a)control of bracken by tractor spraying; | £140 per hectare per annum. |
(b)control of bracken by knapsack spraying. | £260 per hectare per annum. |
17. In relation to restoration of field boundaries – | |
restoration of 1 metre of field boundary for every hectare of farm per annum. | £10 per hectare per annum. |