Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Article 4(3) and (4)

SCHEDULE 4 N.I. ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE DEPARTMENT MAY MAKE PAYMENTS

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 in operation at 8.6.2005, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2
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.