SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
NEW PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2020
PART 2
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
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Activity name |
Description |
Maximum payment rate per agreement year |
1. Arable
(a) |
Nectar flower mix |
Establishing and maintaining a mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on arable land |
£739 per hectare (“ha”) |
(b) |
Basic overwinter stubble |
Retention of overwintered stubble until the following February |
£84 per ha |
(c) |
Beetle banks |
Creation (if appropriate) or maintenance of beetle banks |
£764 per ha |
(d) |
Skylark plots |
Creation of skylark plots to access growing cereal |
£11 per plot (minimum 2 plots per ha) |
(e) |
Nesting plots for lapwing and stone curlew |
Establishing and maintaining plots for ground-nesting birds |
£765 per ha |
(f) |
Enhanced overwinter stubble |
Retention of overwintered stubble until the following July |
£589 per ha |
(g) |
Whole crop cereals |
Planting and harvesting whole crop cereals followed by overwintered stubble |
£596 per ha |
(h) |
Flower-rich margins and plots |
Establishing flower-rich grass margins or plots as habitat and foraging for invertebrates and birds |
£798 per ha |
(i) |
Winter bird food |
Establishing blocks or strips of cereals, brassicas and other plants providing food for farmland birds, especially for autumn and winter |
£853 per ha |
(j) |
Unharvested cereal headland |
Creation of an unharvested, open structured cereal crop for wildlife |
£1,072 per ha |
(k) |
Cultivated areas for arable plants |
Creation of uncropped, cultivated areas for scarce and declining arable plants |
£660 per ha |
(l) |
Supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds |
Spreading winter feed mixture for birds in selected feeding areas |
£732 per tonne for every 2 ha of winter bird food |
(m) |
Brassica fodder crop |
Establishing and managing a brassica fodder crop as foraging sites for birds |
£100 per ha |
(n) |
Harvested low input cereal |
Establishing and managing an open-structure cereal crop as summer foraging for wildlife |
£354 per ha |
(o) |
Two year sown legume fallow |
Establishing and managing a legume fallow mix as food for farmland wildlife |
£593 per ha |
(p) |
Autumn sown bumblebird mix |
Establishing and managing a mix of flowering and seed bearing plants after harvest as food for farmland birds and insects |
£747 per ha |
2. Boundaries, Trees and Orchards
(a) |
Protection of in-field trees on arable land |
Protection of in-field trees on arable land |
£553 per ha |
(b) |
Protection of in-field trees on intensive grassland |
Protection of in-field trees on intensive grassland |
£295 per ha |
(c) |
Management of hedgerows |
Management of hedgerow (one-side) |
£13 per 100 metres (“m”) for 1 side of a hedge |
(d) |
Management of traditional orchards |
Management of traditional orchards |
£264 per ha |
(e) |
Creation of traditional orchards |
Creation of traditional orchards |
£471 per ha |
(f) |
Veteran tree surgery |
Carrying out specialist tree surgery to extend the lifespan of veteran trees |
£488 per tree |
(g) |
Supplement for restorative pruning of fruit trees |
Restorative pruning of mature fruit trees |
£146 per tree |
3. Coastal
(a) |
Management of coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle |
Management of coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle |
£620 per ha |
(b) |
Creation of coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle on arable land and improved grassland |
Creation of coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle on arable land and improved grassland |
£773 per ha |
(c) |
Management of coastal saltmarsh |
Management of coastal saltmarsh |
£724 per ha |
(d) |
Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on arable land |
Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on arable land |
£812 per ha |
(e) |
Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat by non-intervention |
Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat by non-intervention |
£494 per ha |
(f) |
Coastal vegetation management supplement |
Management of grazing on saltmarsh or saline habitat |
£123 per ha |
(g) |
Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on intensive grassland |
Creation of inter-tidal and saline habitat on intensive grassland |
£494 per ha |
4. Grassland
(a) |
Take small areas out of management |
Taking small areas of permanent grassland out of management |
£365 per ha |
(b) |
Permanent grassland with very low inputs outside SDAs 1000 |
Management of permanent grassland with very low inputs outside SDAs |
£151 per ha |
(c) |
Ryegrass seed-set as winter food for birds |
Establishing a ryegrass seed-set on grassland to provide food in the autumn and winter for birds |
£515 per ha |
(d) |
Legume and herb-rich swards |
Establishment and maintenance of legume and herb-rich swards |
£382 per ha |
(e) |
Permanent grassland with very low inputs in SDAs |
Management of permanent grassland with very low inputs in SDAs |
£151 per ha |
(f) |
Management of species-rich grassland |
Management of species-rich grassland |
£646 per ha |
(g) |
Restoration towards species-rich grassland |
Restoration towards species-rich grassland |
£646 per ha |
(h) |
Creation of species-rich grassland |
Creation of species-rich grassland |
£646 per ha |
(i) |
Management of wet grassland for breeding waders |
Management of wet grassland for breeding waders |
£676 per ha |
(j) |
Management of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl |
Management of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl |
£547 per ha |
(k) |
Creation of wet grassland for breeding waders |
Creation of wet grassland for breeding waders |
£676 per ha |
(l) |
Creation of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl |
Creation of wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl |
£547 per ha |
(m) |
Management of grassland for target features |
Management of grassland for targeted habitats, species or features |
£528 per ha |
(n) |
Creation of grassland for target features |
Creation of grassland for targeted habitats, species or features |
£528 per ha |
(o) |
Haymaking supplement |
Continue or re-introduce haymaking on fields which are or were cut for hay once a year |
£157 per ha |
(p) |
Rush infestation control supplement |
Reduce rush cover in grassland with heavy infestations |
£95 per ha |
(q) |
Lenient grazing supplement |
Management of grazing to provide spring and summer invertebrate food |
£44 per ha |
(1) “SDA” is defined in Part 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2020/41. | |||
5. Historic environment and landscape
(a) |
Maintenance of weatherproof traditional farm buildings |
Maintenance of weatherproof traditional farm buildings |
£5 per square metre (“sq m”) |
(b) |
Take historic and archaeological features out of cultivation |
Taking land with archaeological or historic features out of cultivation |
£613 per ha |
(c) |
Reduced-depth, non-inversion cultivation on historic and archaeological features |
Reducing damage to historical and archaeological features under cultivation by using non-inversion machinery and shallower cultivation depths |
£115 per ha |
(d) |
Scrub control on historic and archaeological features |
Controlling scrub on historic and archaeological features |
£215 per ha |
(e) |
Management of historic and archaeological features on grassland |
Management of historic and archaeological features on grassland |
£55 per ha |
(f) |
Maintenance of designed/ engineered water bodies |
Maintenance of designed or engineered water bodies |
£2,512 per ha |
(g) |
Management of historic water meadows through traditional irrigation |
Management of historic water meadows through traditional irrigation |
£863 per ha |
(h) |
Maintenance of weatherproof traditional farm buildings in remote areas |
Maintenance of weatherproof traditional farm buildings in remote areas |
£8 per sq m |
(i) |
Restricted depth crop establishment to protect archaeology under an arable rotation |
Restricting the depth of crop establishment to protect archaeology under an arable rotation |
£257 per ha |
6. Lowland heath
(a) |
Management of lowland heathland |
Management of lowland heathland |
£412 per ha |
(b) |
Restoration of forestry and woodland to lowland heathland |
Restoration of forestry and woodland to lowland heathland |
£311 per ha |
(c) |
Creation of heathland from arable or improved grassland |
Creation of lowland heathland from arable or improved grassland |
£711 per ha |
7. Soil and water
(a) |
4m to 6m buffer strip on cultivated land |
Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4m to 6m buffer strip on cultivated land |
£515 per ha |
(b) |
4m to 6m buffer strip on intensive grassland |
Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 4m to 6m buffer strip on intensive grassland |
£235 per ha |
(c) |
In-field grass strips |
Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of dense grassy areas on cultivated land |
£765 per ha |
(d) |
12m to 24m watercourse buffer strip on cultivated land |
Creation (where appropriate) and maintenance of 12m to 24m buffer strip on cultivated land |
£707 per ha |
(e) |
Enhanced management of maize crops |
Management of maize and a cover crop to reduce the risk of soil erosion and run off |
£203 per ha |
(f) |
Winter cover crops |
Provision of a cover crop to reduce nitrate... |
