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Annex C

CO-FINANCED AGRI-ENVIRONMENT MEASURES

Item

Pre-2003 RSS Entrants

2003 or later RSS Entrants

£ per ha

£ per ha

Extensive Management of Mown Grassland for Birds

£150.00/ha

£163.00/ha

Management of Open Grazed Grasslands for Birds

£100.00/ha

£110.00/ha

Extensive Management of Mown Grassland for Corncrakes

£190.00/ha

£263.00/ha

Management of Early and Late Cover for Corncrakes

£160.00/ha

£170.00/ha

Creation and Management of Early and Late Cover for Corncrakes

£718.00/ha
(No take up)

£738.00/ha

Management of Wet Grassland for Waders

£100.00/ha

£110.00/ha

Management of Species-rich Grassland

£100.00/ha

£85.00/ha

Bracken Eradication Program (Species-rich Grassland)

£25.00/ha

£26.00/ha

Creation and Management of Species-rich Grassland, Eligible Arable

£250.00/ha

£248.00/ha

Creation and Management of Species-rich Grassland, Improved Grassland

£150.00/ha

£248.00/ha

Management of Coastal Heath

£80.00/ha

£80.00/ha

Management of Lowland Heath

£115.00/ha

£115.00/ha

Moorland Management

£1.00/ha

£1.00/ha

Stock Disposal

£45.00/ha

£19.65/ha

Muirburn and Heather Swiping

£11.00/ha

£11.00/ha

Bracken Eradication Program (Moorland)

£25.00/ha

£26.00/ha

Management of Wetland

£100.00/ha

£85.00/ha

Management of Lowland Raised Bogs

£70.00/ha

£74.00/ha

Creation and Management of Wetland

£250.00/ha

£248.00/ha

Management of Water Margin

£400.00/ha

£300.00/ha

Management of Flood Plain

£25.00/ha

£30.00/ha

Management of Basin Valley Mire Buffer Areas

£250.00/ha

£260.00/ha

Management of Grass Margin or Beetlebank in Arable Fields

£736.00/ha

£619.00/ha

Management of Conservation Headlands

£70.00/ha

£80.00/ha

Management of Conservation Headlands (Non Nitrogenous Fertiliser)

£150.00/ha

£150.00/ha

Management of Extended Hedges

£500.00/ha

£0.41 per running metre

Management of Hedgerows

£5,000.00/ha

£0.85 per running metre

Introduction or Retention of Extensive Cropping (< 3 Years)

£120.00/ha

£120.00/ha

Introduction or Retention of Extensive Cropping (> 3 Years)

£140.00/ha

£180.00/ha

Management of Cropped Machair

£200.00/ha

£220.00/ha

Management of Cropped Machair (Traditional)

£240.00/ha

£270.00/ha

Spring Cropping

£115.00/ha

£106.00/ha

Unharvested Crops

£600.00/ha

£445.00/ha

Management of Scrub

£55.00/ha

£52.00/ha

Management of Native or Semi-Natural Woodland

£100.00/ha

£80.00/ha

Management of Ancient Wood Pasture on Improved Grassland

£100.00/ha

£100.00/ha

Management of Ancient Wood Pasture on Unimproved Grassland

£100.00/ha

£100.00/ha

Management of Ancient Wood Pasture on Rough Grazings

£30.00/ha

£28.00/ha

Management of a Site of Archaeological or Historical Interest

£80 per 0.25 hectare or part thereof up to 1.5 hectares and £80 per ha thereafter.

£80 per 0.25 hectare or part thereof up to 1.5 hectares and £80 per ha thereafter.

Management of a Site of Archaeological Interest Sown to Grass

£320.00/ha

£320.00/ha

Conservation Management Plan with SMSU

- if a collective application covering a minimum of 4 crofts within the same crofting community

£50.00/ha

£60.00/ha

£44.00/ha

£53.00/ha

Retention or Introduction of cattle of native or traditional breeds (1)

- if the croft supports a herd of cattle of Scottish native or traditional breed(s) for the duration of participation in the scheme

£5.00/ha

£74.00/ha

Retention or Introduction of cattle of native or traditional breeds (2)

- if a herd of cattle of Scottish native or traditional breed(s) is introduced to the croft by the end of the first plan year and numbers of any sheep on the croft(s) are reduced to ensure no increase in overall stocking density

£340.00/ha

£374.00/ha

RSS Annualised Capital Rates

On entry

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Total

1

Bracken Treatment

£120.00/ha

£30.00

£31.65

£26.97

£14.29

£15.15

£16.06

£134.12

2

Rhododendron Control

£250.00/ha

£62.50

£65.94

£56.18

£29.78

£31.56

£33.46

£279.42

3a

Stock fence

£3.00/m

£0.75

£0.79

£0.67

£0.36

£0.38

£0.40

£3.35

3b

Gate & posts

£25.00/m

£6.25

£6.59

£5.62

£2.98

£3.16

£3.35

£27.95

3c

Single Stile

£25.00 each

£6.25

£6.59

£5.62

£2.98

£3.16

£3.35

£27.95

3d

Double stile

£45.00 each

£11.25

£11.87

£10.11

£5.36

£5.68

£6.02

£50.29

3e

Convert stock fence to deer fence

£2.50/m

£0.63

£0.66

£0.56

£0.30

£0.32

£0.33

£2.80

3f

Scare, temporary or rabbit fence

£1.50/m

£0.38

£0.40

£0.34

£0.18

£0.19

£0.20

£1.69

3g

Deer fence

£6.00/m

£1.50

£1.58

£1.35

£0.71

£0.76

£0.80

£6.70

3h

Deer fence marked to reduce bird collision

£6.50/m

£1.63

£1.71

£1.46

£0.77

£0.82

£0.87

£7.26

3i

Marking of deer fence to reduce bird collisions

£0.50/m

£0.13

£0.13

£0.11

£0.06

£0.06

£0.07

£0.56

3j

Dismantling deer fences

£0.75/m

£0.19

£0.20

£0.17

£0.09

£0.09

£0.10

£0.84

3k

Post & rail for guarding trees/water gates etc

£7.00/m

£1.75

£1.85

£1.57

£0.83

£0.88

£0.94

£7.82

3l

Sand blow fencing

£7.00/m

£1.75

£1.85

£1.57

£0.83

£0.88

£0.94

£7.82

4

Building or restoring drystone or flagstone dykes or walls

£16.00/m 2

£4.00

£4.22

£3.60

£1.91

£2.02

£2.14

£17.89

5a

Native-species tree planting (Small)

£1.50 each

£0.38

£0.40

£0.34

£0.18

£0.19

£0.20

£1.69

5b

Native-species tree planting (Standard)

£7.50 each

£1.88

£1.98

£1.69

£0.89

£0.95

£1.00

£8.39

6

Tree guard & stake

£1.10 each

£0.28

£0.29

£0.25

£0.13

£0.14

£0.15

£1.24

7

Self supporting guard for hedge plants

£0.50 each

£0.13

£0.13

£0.11

£0.06

£0.06

£0.07

£0.56

8

Planting of Marram grass

£4.00/m 2

£1.00

£1.05

£0.90

£0.48

£0.50

£0.54

£4.47

9

Water Trough

£200.00 each

£50.00

£52.75

£44.94

£23.82

£25.25

£26.76

£223.52

10

Water Pipe & Trench

£2.00/m

£0.50

£0.53

£0.45

£0.24

£0.25

£0.27

£2.24

11

Planting, replanting, coppicing or laying of hedge

£4.00/m

£1.00

£1.05

£0.90

£0.48

£0.50

£0.54

£4.47

12a

Creation or restoration of a pond (up to 100 sqm)

£3.00/m 2

£0.75

£0.79

£0.67

£0.36

£0.38

£0.40

£3.35

12b

Creation or restoration of a pond (greater than 100 sqm)

£1.50/m 2

£0.38

£0.40

£0.34

£0.18

£0.19

£0.20

£1.69

13

Sowing of species-rich grassland

£400.00/ha

£100.00

£105.50

£89.89

£47.64

£50.50

£53.53

£447.06

14

Amenity Tree planting on a site of less than 0.25 ha

£1.50 each

£0.38

£0.40

£0.34

£0.18

£0.19

£0.20

£1.69

15

Blocking ditches on lowland raises bogs and on created wetland

£100.00/dam

£25.00

£26.37

£22.47

£11.91

£12.62

£13.38

£111.75

16

Erosion Control Plan

£984.22

£246.06

£259.58

£221.17

£117.22

£124.26

£131.71

£1,100.00

17a

Provision of Bat Boxes

£15.00 each

£3.75

£3.96

£3.37

£1.79

£1.89

£2.01

£16.77

17b

Provision of Bird Boxes (small)

£10.00 each

£2.50

£2.64

£2.25

£1.19

£1.26

£1.34

£11.18

17c

Provision of Bird Boxes (large)

£20.00 each

£5.00

£5.27

£4.49

£2.38

£2.52

£2.68

£22.34

18

Restoration of parkland gate piers &/or Ha Has

£17.50/m 2

£4.38

£4.62

£3.93

£2.08

£2.21

£2.34

£19.56

19

Amenity Tree planting (exotic trees/standard trees)

£9.00 each

£2.25

£2.37

£2.02

£1.07

£1.14

£1.20

£10.05

20

Post & rail fencing to protect parkland trees

£9.00/m

£2.25

£2.37

£2.02

£1.07

£1.14

£1.20

£10.05

Environmentally Sensitive Area ( ESA) Schemes

Inbye Land

Rough Grazings

All land

£ per ha

£ per ha

£ per ha

Argyll Islands

£15.00

£1.00

Cairngorms Straths

£15.00

£1.50

Shetland Islands

£15.00

Central Borders

£15.00

Machair of the Uists and Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay

£15.00

Stewartry

£15.00

£3.00

Breadalbane

£15.00

£1.50

Loch Lomond

£15.00

£1.50

Central Southern Uplands

£14.00

£2.00

Western Southern Uplands

£14.00

£2.00

Argyll Islands ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£80.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Arable cropping

£170.00

Wetlands

£80.00

Grassland bird measures

£180.00

Management of early/late cover for birds

£160.00

(£40 per 0.25 ha or
part thereof for
areas less than
0.4 ha)

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

Dunes/machair

£40.00

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Rhododendron control

£200.00

Bracken control

£120.00

Bracken control
(secondary treatment) per ha

£40.00

Cairngorms Straths ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£100.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Water margins

£100 per 0.25 ha
(or part thereof)

Arable cropping

£82.00

Wetlands

£80.00

Winter keep production

£180.00

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Bracken control

£120.00

Bracken control
(secondary treatment) per ha

£40.00

Shetland Islands ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£80.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Arable cropping

£100 per 0.50 ha
(or part thereof)

Wetlands

£80.00

Grassland bird measures

£250.00

Management of early/late cover for birds

£160.00

(£40 per 0.25 ha or
part thereof for
areas less than
0.4 ha)

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£10.00
for 1st 10 has

Stock management (heather)
over 10 ha (Shetland only)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

Stock reduction (On Hectarage Basis)

£45.00

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Central Borders ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£80.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Water margins

£100 per 0.25 ha
(or part thereof)

Wetlands

£80.00

Specially identified Wetlands

£250.00

Extended hedgerows (arable)

£81 per 0.25 ha
or part thereof

Extended hedgerows (grassland)

£50 per 0.25 ha
or part thereof

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Hedge replanting (per metre)

£4.00

Machair of the Uists, Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay ESA

Item

£ per ha

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Arable cropping

£220 (abated by
£80 if seaweed or
dung unavailable)

Wetlands

£80.00

Grassland bird measures (extensive)

£250.00

Grassland bird measures (intensive)

£125.00

Management of early/late cover for birds

£160.00
(£40 per 0.25 ha or
part thereof for
areas less than
0.4 ha)

Dunes/machair

£290.00

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Marram grass planting
(per square metre)

£4.00

Stewartry ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£100.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Water margins

£100 per 0.25 ha
(or part thereof)

Wetlands

£100.00

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

Stock reduction (On Hectarage Basis)

£45.00

Extended hedgerows (arable)

£70 per 0.25 ha
or part thereof

Extended hedgerows (grassland)

£70 per 0.25 ha
or part thereof

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Hedge replanting (per metre)

£4.00

Bracken control

£120.00

Bracken control
(secondary treatment) per ha

£40.00

Breadalbane ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£80.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Water margins

£100 per 0.25 ha
(or part thereof)

Wetlands

£80.00

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

Stock reduction (On Hectarage Basis)

£45.00

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Hedge replanting (per metre)

£4.00

Rhododendron control

£200.00

Bracken control

£200 (small areas)

Bracken control over 4 hectares

£120.00

Bracken control
(secondary treatment) per ha

£40.00

Loch Lomond ESA

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£80.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Water margins

£100 per 0.25 ha
(or part thereof)

Wetlands

£80.00

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

Stock reduction (On Hectarage Basis)

£45.00

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Hedge replanting (per metre)

£4.00

Rhododendron control

£200.00

Bracken control

£200 (small areas)

Bracken control over 4 hectares

£120.00

Bracken control
(secondary treatment) per ha

£40.00

Central and Western Southern Uplands ESAs

Item

£ per ha

Woodland scrub

£80.00

Herb rich grassland

£100.00

Water margins

£100 per 0.25 ha
(or part thereof)

Wetlands

£80.00

Muirburn (heather)

£5.00

Stock management (heather)

£6.00

Stock reduction (heather)

£35 (per head)

Stock reduction (On Hectarage Basis)

£45.00

ESA access option (10 metre strips)

£170.00

ESA access option
(whole/part fields): Up to 4 ha)

£50.00

Hedge replanting (per metre)

£4.00

Bracken control

£120.00

Bracken control
(secondary treatment) per ha

£40.00

Countryside Premium Scheme

Item

£ per ha

Management of Grassland for Birds

£125.00/ha

Management of Species-rich Grassland

£80.00/ha

Creation of Species-rich Grassland

£250.00/ha

Management of Wetland

£80.00/ha

Creation of Wetland

£250.00/ha

Management of Water Margin

£400.00/ha

Management of Flood Plain

£25.00/ha

Management of Coastal Heath

£80.00/ha

Stock Disposal

£35.00/ewe,
for each ewe removed from the flock

Muirburn

£5.00/ha
for the area of moorland identified for burning

Creation of Grass Margins or Beetlebanks

£736.00/ha

Creation of Conservation Headlands

£100.00/ha

Introduction or Retention of Extensive Cropping

£120.00/ha

Management of Cropped Machair

£140.00/ha or
£220.00/ha
where cultivation is combined with the traditional application
of seaweed & dung

Creation of Extended Hedge

£500.00/ha

Management of Scrub

£55.00/ha

Provision of Access

For non set-aside land - 10 metre strips:

£170.00/ha

For set-aside land (no income foregone) - 10 metre strips:

£90.00/ha

For non set-aside land - each part or whole field up to 4 ha:

£50.00/ha

For set-aside land - each part or whole field up to 4 ha:

£45.00/ha

Habitats Scheme

Item

£ per ha

Waterside Habitats (20 yrs)

£360.00/ha (arable land)

£240.00/ha (improved grassland)

Upland Scrub (20 yrs)

£200.00/ha

Damp Lowland Grassland & Marsh Communities (20 yrs)

£335.00/ha
for arable land or permanent improved grassland

Dry Lowland Grassland (20 yrs)

£335.00/ha
for arable land or permanent improved grassland

Coastal Heath (10 yrs)

£125.00/ha

Damp Lowland Grassland & Marsh Communities (10 yr limited grazing)

£260.00/ha (arable land)

£125.00/ha (permanent improved grassland)

Dry Lowland Grassland (10 yr limited grazing)

£260.00/ha (arable land)

£125.00/ha (permanent improved grassland)

Land Management Contract Menu Scheme (now re-named Rural Development Contract Land Managers' Options)

Item

£ per ha

Management of Buffer Areas

£200.00/ha

Management of Linear Features:-

  • Hedgerows and Hedgerow Trees

£0.10 per metre

  • Ditches

£1.00 per metre

  • Dykes

£0.10 per square metre

Management of Moorland Grazing

£1.00/ha

Management of Rush Pasture

£125.00/ha

Biodiversity Cropping on In-Bye

£40.00/ha or £150/ha
if a cereal crop is harvested by binder and the stooks gathered into stacks

Retention of Winter Stubbles

£40.00/ha

Wild Bird Seed Mixture

£329.00/ha

Summer Cattle Grazing

£1.00/ha

Nutrient Management

£2.00/ha

Organic Aid Scheme ( OAS)

Participants who entered the scheme in 2003 onwards are now on the 2006 rates. Participants who entered the scheme between 1999 and 2003, can be on either the 1999 rates or the 2004 rates dependant on which rate offers the best payment.

OAS 1999 Rates

1.1 FULL RATE

AAPS Eligible
(£ per Ha)

Improved Grassland
(£ per Ha)

Rough Grazings
(£ per Ha)

150

120

10

150

120

10

50

50

7

50

50

5

40

30

5

OAS 2004 Rates

1.2 FULL RATE

AAPS Eligible
(£ per Ha)

Improved Grassland
(£ per Ha)

Rough Grazings
(£ per Ha)

220

120

5

220

120

5

55

50

5

55

50

5

45

30

5

Rate (All EC Eligible)
(£ per Ha)

Year 1

300

Year 2

300

Year 3

40

Year 4

40

Year 5

40

OAS 2006 Rates

FULL RATE

Arable (£/ha)

Improved grassland
(£/ha)

Fruit & Veg
(£/ha)

Rough grazing
(£/ha)

220

120

300

5

220

120

300

5

60

60

60

5

60

60

60

5

60

60

60

5

Maintenance Payments 2004

All EC Eligible

AAPS Eligible
(£ per Ha)

Land in Fruit/Veg
(£ per Ha)

Improved Grassland
(£ per Ha)

Rough Grazings/
Unimproved Grassland
(per annum)

Year 6

30

14

14

500

Year 7

30

14

14

500

Year 8

30

14

14

500

Year 9

30

14

14

500

Year 10

30

14

14

500

All EC Eligible

Arable
(£/ha)

Improved grassland
(£/ha)

Fruit & Veg
(£/ha)

Rough grazing

Year 6

60

60

60

£5/ha with a min. of £500

Year 7

60

60

60

£5/ha with a min. of £500

Year 8

60

60

60

£5/ha with a min. of £500

Year 9

60

60

60

£5/ha with a min. of £500

Year 10

60

60

60

£5/ha with a min. of £500

Organic Aid Scheme Annualised Capital Payment Rates

Item

Existing Rate (£)

On entry

End of Year 1

End of Year 2

End of Year 3

End of Year 4

End of Year 5

Total

1. Erection of:

a. Stock fence

£3.00

£0.75

£0.79

£0.67

£0.36

£0.38

£0.40

£3.35

b. Gate & posts

£25.00

£6.25

£6.59

£5.62

£2.98

£3.16

£3.35

£27.95

c. Single Stile

£25.00

£6.25

£6.59

£5.62

£2.98

£3.16

£3.35

£27.95

d. Double stile

£45.00

£11.25

£11.87

£10.11

£5.36

£5.68

£6.02

£50.29

e. Convert stock fence to deer fence

£2.50

£0.63

£0.66

£0.56

£0.30

£0.32

£0.33

£2.80

f. Scare, temporary or rabbit fence

£1.50

£0.38

£0.40

£0.34

£0.18

£0.19

£0.20

£1.69

g. Deer fence marked to reduce bird collision

£6.50

£1.63

£1.71

£1.46

£0.77

£0.82

£0.87

£7.26

h. Post & rail for guarding trees/water gates etc

£7.00

£1.75

£1.85

£1.57

£0.83

£0.88

£0.94

£7.82

2. Building or restoring drystone or flagstone dykes or walls

£16.00

£4.00

£4.22

£3.60

£1.91

£2.02

£2.14

£17.89

3. Self supporting guard for hedge plants

£0.50

£0.13

£0.13

£0.11

£0.06

£0.06

£0.07

£0.56

4. Water Trough

£200.00

£50.00

£52.75

£44.94

£23.82

£25.25

£26.76

£223.52

5. Planting, replanting, coppicing or laying of hedge (minimum: 6 plants/metre

£4.00

£1.00

£1.05

£0.90

£0.48

£0.50

£0.54

£4.47

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