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HLS option | Maximum payment rate per agreement year |
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1. Hedgerows—
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(a)Maintenance of hedgerows of very high environmental value
| £27 per 100 metres |
2. Woodland trees and scrub—
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(a)Protection of ancient trees in arable fields
| £25 per tree |
(b)Protection of ancient trees in intensive grassland
| £25 per tree |
(c)Maintenance of grazed woodland or parkland
| £180 per hectare |
(d)Restoration of grazed woodland or parkland
| £180 per hectare |
(e)Creation of grazed woodland
| £180 per hectare |
(f)Maintenance of small areas of woodland
| £100 per hectare |
(g)Restoration of small areas of woodland
| £100 per hectare |
(h)Creation of small areas of woodland in the less favoured area
| £200 per hectare |
(i)Creation of small areas of woodland outside the less favoured area
| £315 per hectare |
(j)Maintenance of successional areas and scrub for specific target species
| £100 per hectare |
(k)Restoration of successional areas and scrub for specific target species
| £100 per hectare |
(l)Creation of successional areas and scrub for specific target species
| £100 per hectare |
(m)Supplement to (g) above for the removal of livestock from overgrazed woodland
| £100 per hectare |
(n)Supplement to (k) and (l) above for the removal of livestock from overgrazed areas of scrub
| £100 per hectare |
3. Orchards—
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(a)Maintenance of high value traditional orchards
| £250 per hectare |
(b)Maintenance of traditional orchards in production
| £95 per hectare |
(c)Restoration of traditional orchards
| £250 per hectare |
(d)Creation of traditional orchards
| £190 per hectare |
4. Historic and landscape features—
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(a)Protection of sub-surface archaeological features by establishing grassland through natural regeneration
| £500 per hectare |
(b)Direct drilling of crops to protect archaeological features from ploughing or other deep cultivation
| £70 per hectare |
(c)Maintaining high water levels in wetland areas to protect archaeological features
| £240 per hectare |
(d)Maintenance of historic water features
| £295 per hectare |
(e)Maintenance of water meadows
| £350 per hectare |
(f)Restoration and management of water meadows
| £350 per hectare |
5. Arable land—
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(a)Establishing (where appropriate) and maintaining a grass margin that contains a mixture of grass and wildflower species
| £485 per hectare |
(b)Establishing and maintaining plots with plant species beneficial to wild birds
| £475 per hectare |
(c)Establishing and maintaining fallow plots for ground-nesting birds
| £360 per hectare |
(d)Establishing and maintaining an un-harvested, fertiliser-free conservation headland
| £440 per hectare |
(e)Management of a cereal crop using reduced herbicides followed by over-wintered stubbles and a spring crop
| £195 per hectare |
(f)Management of fodder crops to retain or re-create a mixture of wildflower and grass for seed-eating birds
| £150 per hectare |
(g)Establishing and maintaining cultivated fallow plots or margins for rare arable plants on set-aside land
| £80 per hectare |
(h)Establishing and maintaining plots for ground-nesting birds on set-aside land
| £80 per hectare |
(i)Management of a cereal crop using reduced inputs followed by set-aside
| £140 per hectare |
(j)Establishing and maintaining of un-harvested, fertiliser-free conservation headlands followed by set-aside
| £400 per hectare |
(k)Establishing a spring cereal crop using restricted inputs to retain or re-create an arable area within a predominantly grassland area
| £250 per hectare |
(l)Establishing and maintaining cultivated fallow plots or margins for the establishment of rare arable plants
| £440 per hectare |
6. Resource protection—
| |
(a)Reversion of arable land to unfertilised grassland to prevent erosion or run-off
| £280 per hectare |
(b)Reversion of arable land to grassland with low fertiliser input to prevent erosion or run-off
| £210 per hectare |
(c)Management of in-field grass areas to prevent erosion or run-off
| £350 per hectare |
(d)Preventing erosion or run-off from intensively managed improved grassland
| £280 per hectare |
(e)Supplement to (a) to (d) above for the seasonal removal of livestock from grassland or grass areas (as the case may be)
| £40 per hectare |
(f)Supplement to (d) above where grassland is also managed without the use of fertilisers
| £55 per hectare |
7. Grassland—
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(a)Maintenance of species-rich grassland
| £200 per hectare |
(b)Restoration of species-rich grassland
| £200 per hectare |
(c)Creation of species-rich grassland
| £280 per hectare |
(d)Maintenance of wet grassland for breeding waders
| £335 per hectare |
(e)Maintenance of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl
| £255 per hectare |
(f)Restoration of wet grassland for breeding waders
| £335 per hectare |
(g)Restoration of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl
| £255 per hectare |
(h)Creation of wet grassland for breeding waders
| £355 per hectare |
(i)Creation of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl
| £285 per hectare |
(j)Maintenance of semi-improved or rough grassland for target species
| £130 per hectare |
(k)Restoration of semi-improved or rough grassland for target species
| £130 per hectare |
(l)Creation of semi-improved or rough grassland for target species
| £210 per hectare |
(m)Management of buffer strips on intensive grassland
| £590 per hectare |
(n)Continuation or re-introduction of haymaking
| £75 per hectare |
(o)Supplement to (a) to (l) above for raising water levels in ditches and adjacent land
| £80 per hectare |
(p)Supplement to (e), (g) and (i) above for flooding the grassland
| £85 per hectare |
8. Moorland and upland rough grazing—
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(a)Maintenance of moorland
| £40 per hectare |
(b)Restoration of moorland
| £40 per hectare |
(c)Creation of upland heathland
| £60 per hectare |
(d)Maintenance of rough grazing habitat for birds
| £80 per hectare |
(e)Restoration of rough grazing habitat for birds
| £80 per hectare |
(f)Supplement to (a), (b), (d) and (e) above for the management of grazing
| £5 per hectare |
(g)Supplement to (a), (b), (d) and (e) above for the removal of livestock
| £10 per hectare |
(h)Supplement to (a) to (e) above for the re-wetting of moorland to maintain wildlife habitats
| £10 per hectare |
(i)Supplement to (a), (b), (d) and (e) above for management of heather, gorse and grass by burning or cutting
| £7 per hectare |
9. Access—
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(a)Permitting and making provision for public access to farmland
| £41 per hectare |
(b)Provision of footpath access on farmland
| £45 per 100 metres |
(c)Provision of paths on farm land for people with reduced mobility
| £105 per 100 metres |
(d)Upgrading and maintaining paths on farm land for people with reduced mobility
| £105 per 100 metres |
(e)Provision of bridleways or cycle paths on farm land
| £90 per 100 metres |
(f)Upgrading and maintenance of bridleways or cycle paths on farm land
| £90 per 100 metres |
(g)Permitting and making provision for access to farm land for educational visits
| £100 per visit |
(h)Permitting and making provision for public access to farm land – base payment for (a) to (f) above
| £350 per environmental stewardship agreement |
(i)Permitting access to farm land for educational visits – base payment for (g) above
| £500 per [year] |
10. Lowland heathland—
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(a)Maintenance of lowland heathland
| £200 per hectare |
(b)Restoration of heathland on neglected sites
| £200 per hectare |
(c)Restoration of forestry areas to lowland heathland
| £200 per hectare |
(d)Creation of lowland heathland on arable or improved grassland
| £450 per hectare |
(e)Creation of lowland heathland on disused quarry sites
| £150 per hectare |
11. Inter-tidal and coastal land—
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(a)Maintenance of coastal saltmarsh
| £30 per hectare |
(b)Restoration of coastal saltmarsh
| £30 per hectare |
(c)Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on arable land
| £700 per hectare |
(d)Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on grassland
| £500 per hectare |
(e)Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat by unmanaged breach or regular inundation
| £150 per hectare |
(f)Maintenance of sand dunes
| £140 per hectare |
(g)Restoration of sand dunes
| £140 per hectare |
(h)Creation of coastal vegetated shingle and sand dunes on arable land
| £320 per hectare |
(i)Creation of coastal vegetated shingle and sand dunes on grassland
| £200 per hectare |
(j)Supplement to (a) to (e) above for the management of grazing on saltmarsh or saline habitat (as the case may be)
| £70 per hectare |
(k)Supplement to (b) and (e) above for the temporary removal of livestock from saltmarsh or saline habitat (as the case may be)
| £40 per hectare |
12. Wetland—
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(a)Maintenance of ponds of high wildlife value with an area of less than 100 square metres
| £90 per pond |
(b)Maintenance of ponds of high wildlife value with an area of at least 100 square metres
| £180 per pond |
(c)Maintenance of reedbeds
| £60 per hectare |
(d)Restoration of reedbeds
| £60 per hectare |
(e)Creation of reedbeds
| £380 per hectare |
(f)Maintenance of fen
| £60 per hectare |
(g)Restoration of fen
| £60 per hectare |
(h)Creation of fen
| £380 per hectare |
(i)Maintenance of lowland raised bog to provide habitat for wildlife
| £150 per hectare |
(j)Restoration of lowland raised bog to provide habitat for wildlife
| £150 per hectare |
(k)Supplement to (c) to (h) above for implementing a cutting regime
| £350 per hectare |
(l)Supplement to (f) to (j) above for implementing a grazing regime
| £200 per hectare |
13. Additional supplements—
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(a)Supplement for controlling invasive plant species
| £60 per hectare |
(b)Supplement for controlling bracken
| £35 per hectare |
(c)Supplement for the management of small fields
| £35 per hectare |
(d)Supplement for the management of difficult sites
| £50 per hectare |
(e)Supplement for land in respect of which there is more than one rights holder or owner
| £10 per hectare |
[(f)Supplement for cattle grazing for conservation purposes
| £35 per hectare] |
[(g)Supplement for grazing native breeds at risk
| £70 per hectare] |