The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation Order 1994

Rates of payment under agreement

7.—(1) The Minister shall make payments under an agreement at the rate of £30 per annum for each hectare of permanent grassland to which the agreement relates and at the rate of £100 per annum for each hectare of extensive permanent grassland to which the agreement relates unless a higher rate is applicable in accordance with paragraph (3) below.

(2) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions 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 wet grassland,the Minister shall make payments at the rate of £150 per annum for each hectare of that land.

(4) Where an agreement includes the additional provisions specified in either of the options in Schedule 4 in relation to any land the Minister shall make payments at the rate per annum for each hectare of that land shown in the following table—

	per hectare of land per annum
Schedule 4
option 1	£260
option 2	£310

(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 hedge per hectare, subject to a maximum of 50 metres of stockproof hedge per hectare and a maximum number of hectares corresponding to the area of land subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 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 such plan.