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Grant Rates for Axis 2 Options

Option Name

Actual Cost Capital Items Intervention Rate 1

Payment Rate for Option 2

Standard Cost Capital Items Intervention Rate

Other Information

Conversion to organic farming - arable

100%

  • Year 1 - £220 per ha
  • Year 2 - £220 per ha
  • Year 3 - £60 per ha
  • Year 4 - £60 per ha
  • Year 5 - £60 per ha

100%

Conversion to organic farming - improved grassland

100%

  • Year 1 - £105 per ha
  • Year 2 - £105 per ha
  • Year 3 - £50 per ha
  • Year 4 - £50 per ha
  • Year 5 - £50 per ha

100%

Conversion to organic farming - fruit and veg

100%

  • Year 1 - £300 per ha
  • Year 2 - £300 per ha
  • Year 3 - £60 per ha
  • Year 4 - £60 per ha
  • Year 5 - £60 per ha

100%

Conversion to organic farming - rough grazing

100%

£5 per ha per year

100%

Maintenance of organic farming - arable

100%

£60 per ha per year

100%

Maintenance of organic farming - improved grassland

100%

£50 per ha per year

100%

Maintenance of organic farming - fruit and veg

100%

£60 per ha per year

100%

Maintenance of organic farming - rough grazing

100%

£5 per ha per year

100%

Wild Bird Seed Mix/Unharvested Crop

100%

£391.26 per ha per year

100%

Mown Grassland for Wildlife

100%

£174.88 per ha per year

100%

Mown Grassland for Corn Buntings

100%

£224.48 per ha per year

100%

Mown Grassland for Corncrakes - 1 Aug

100%

£271 per ha per year

100%

Mown Grassland for Corncrakes - 15 Aug

100%

£381 per ha per year

100%

Mown Grassland for Corncrakes - 1 Sept

100%

£691 per ha per year

100%

Grazed Grassland for Corncrakes

100%

£313 per ha per year

100%

Creation and Management of Cover for Corncrakes

100%

£800 per ha per year

100%

Management of Cover for Corncrakes

100%

£162 per ha per year

100%

Open Grazed or Wet Grassland for Wildlife

100%

£111 per ha per year

100%

Mammal and Bird Control - Predator control

100%

£2 per ha per year

n/a

Mammal and Bird Control - crow control

100%

£270 per trap per year

n/a

no more than 1 trap per ha.

Mammal and Bird Control - for Black Grouse/Capercaillie

100%

Actual costs up to £7.50 per ha per year

n/a

Supplementary Food Provision for Raptors - Hen Harriers

100%

£1,076 per nest per year

n/a

Supplementary Food Provision for Raptors - Golden Eagles

100%

£32 per carcass

n/a

Wardening for Golden Eagles - Farm unit

100%

£55 per farm unit per year

n/a

Wardening for Golden Eagles - Common grazings committee

100%

£82 per common grazings committee per year

n/a

Control of invasive non-native species - Rhododendron

100%

see standard cost capital items

100%

Control of invasive non-native species - Japanese Knotweed

100%

£160 per ha per year

100%

Control of invasive non-native species - Giant Hogweed

100%

£160 per ha per year

100%

Control of invasive non-native species - Himalayan Balsam

100%

£160 per ha per year

100%

Control of grey squirrel for red squirrel conservation

100%

£185 per trap site per year

100%

Control of grey squirrel for broadleaf woodland protection

100%

£111 per trap per year

100%

Management of Species Rich Grassland

100%

£111 per ha per year

100%

Bracken Management Programme for Habitat Enhancement

100%

£28 per ha per year

100%

Creation and Management of Species Rich Grassland

100%

£223.57 per ha per year

100%

Management of Habitat Mosaics

100%

£104 per ha per year

100%

Management of Wetland

100%

£90 per ha per year

100%

Create, Restore and Manage Wetland

100%

£226.17 per ha per year

100%

Lowland Raised Bogs - Basic management

100%

£40 per ha per year

100%

Lowland Raised Bogs - with grazing management supplement

100%

£83 per ha per year

100%

Water Margins - Enhance biodiversity

100%

£286.63 per ha per year

100%

Water Margins - reduce diffuse pollution

100%

£286.63 per ha per year

100%

Management of Flood Plains

100%

£39 per ha per year

100%

Buffer Areas for Fens and Lowland Raised Bogs

100%

£267.90 per ha per year

100%

Coastal or Serpentine Heath

100%

  • £77 per ha per year up to 30 has.
  • £44 per ha per year for next 40 has.
  • £1.30 per ha per year thereafter.

100%

staged payment rates

Lowland Heath

100%

£123 per ha per year

100%

Wildlife Management on Upland and Peatland Sites

100%

£0.70 per ha per year

100%

Management of Moorland Grazing

100%

£1.30 per ha per year

100%

Moorland Grazings on Uplands and Peatlands

100%

£2 per ha per year

100%

Moorland - Stock Disposal

100%

£19.63 per ha per year

100%

Away-Wintering of Sheep

100%

£21 per ha per year

100%

Off-Wintering of Sheep

100%

£9 per ha per year

100%

Muirburn and Heather Swiping

100%

£67 per ha per year Payment will be based on the average area to be burned each year.

100%

Hedgerows - 3 years for biodiversity benefits

100%

£0.93 per metre per year

100%

Payment will be based on the average area to be burned each year.

Hedgerows - 2 years for landscape benefits

100%

£0.93 per metre per year

100%

Extended hedges

100%

£0.53 per metre per year

100%

Grass Margins and Beetlebanks - mixed arable

100%

£473.76 per ha per year

100%

Grass Margins and Beetlebanks - organic

100%

£473.76 per ha per year

100%

Biodiversity Cropping on In-Bye - basic management

n/a

£70.94 per ha per year

n/a

Biodiversity Cropping on In-Bye - with binders/stooks

n/a

£470.94 per ha per year

n/a

Cropped Machair - with FYM/seaweed

100%

£279 per ha per year

100%

Cropped Machair - with FYM/seaweed and binder/stooks

100%

£501 per ha per year

100%

Cropped Machair - without FYM/seaweed

100%

£233 per ha per year

100%

Cropped Machair - without FYM/seaweed, with binder/stooks

100%

£455 per ha per year

100%

Ancient Wood Pasture - In-bye Land

100%

£105 per ha per year

100%

Ancient Wood Pasture - Rough Grazing

100%

£50 per ha per year

100%

Scrub and Tall Herb Communities

100%

£94 per ha per year

100%

Arable reversion to grassland

100%

£250 per ha per year

100%

Conservation Management for Small Units - Individual

100%

£25 per ha per year plus a fixed sum of £180

100%

Conservation Management for Small Units - Collective

100%

£25 per ha per year plus a fixed sum of £275

100%

Grazing Management of Cattle - Retention

100%

£185 per ha per year

100%

Grazing Management of Cattle - Introduction

100%

£273 per ha per year

100%

Habitat Grazing Management

100%

£7.82 per hour

100%

Livestock tracks, gates and river crossings

50%

n/a

100%

gates are a standard cost capital item and funding should not be based on actual costs

Woodland creation - Productive conifer - low cost

n/a

  • Planting - £840 per ha
  • Maintenance - £161 per ha per year
  • Community Woodland Contribution - £1,000 per ha
  • Sitka spruce seed orchard material - £50 per ha
  • Sitka spruce family mixture material - £150 per ha
  • Farmland premium 3

70% NLFA

80% LFA

  • Capital cost item
  • Maintenance is for a period of 5 years following completion of planting
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Annual recurrent grant for 10 years

Woodland creation - Productive conifer - high cost

n/a

  • Planting - £980 per ha
  • Maintenance - £186 per ha per year
  • Community Woodland Contribution - £1,000 per ha
  • Farmland premium 3

70% NLFA

80% LFA

  • Capital cost item
  • Maintenance is for a period of 5 years following completion of planting
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Annual recurrent grant for 10 years

Woodland creation - Productive broadleaf woodland

n/a

  • Planting - £1575 per ha
  • Maintenance - £229 per ha per year
  • Community Woodland Contribution - £1,000 per ha
  • Farmland premium 3

70% NLFA

80% LFA

  • Capital cost item
  • Maintenance is for a period of 5 years following completion of planting
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Annual recurrent grant for 15 years

Woodland creation - Native woodland planting

n/a

  • Planting - £875 per ha
  • Maintenance - £218 per ha per year
  • Community Woodland Contribution - £1,000 per ha
  • Farmland premium 3

70% NLFA

80% LFA

  • Capital cost item
  • Maintenance is for a period of 5 years following completion of planting
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Annual recurrent grant for 15 years

Woodland creation - Native woodland - natural regeneration

n/a

  • Planting - £630 per ha
  • Maintenance - £101 per ha per year
  • Community Woodland Contribution - £1,000 per ha
  • Farmland premium 3

70% NLFA

80% LFA

  • Capital cost item
  • Maintenance is for a period of 5 years following completion of planting
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Annual recurrent grant for 15 years

Woodland creation - Mixed conifer/broadleaved woodland

n/a

  • Planting - £1470 per ha
  • Maintenance - £222 per ha per year
  • Community Woodland Contribution - £1,000 per ha
  • Farmland premium 3

70% NLFA

80% LFA

  • Capital cost item
  • Maintenance is for a period of 5 years following completion of planting
  • Capital cost contribution
  • Annual recurrent grant for 15 years

Sustainable Management Of Forests - Native woodlands

n/a

£28 per ha per year

n/a

10 years

Sustainable Management Of Forests - LISS

n/a

£28 per ha per year

n/a

10 years

Sustainable Management Of Forests - Public access

n/a

£28 per ha per year

n/a

10 years

Sustainable Management Of Forests - Restructuring felling

n/a

£130 per ha per year

n/a

period of 4 years following the completed coupe felling.

Sustainable Management Of Forests - Livestock removal

n/a

£41 per ha per year

n/a

10 years

Woodland Improvement Grant - long term forest planning

n/a

n/a

100%

staged payment rate

Woodland Improvement Grant - reducing deer impact

n/a

n/a

100%

Woodland Improvement Grant - woodland habitats and species

n/a

n/a

100%

Woodland Improvement Grant - restructuring regeneration

n/a

n/a

See below 4

Woodland Improvement Grant - non woodland habitats

n/a

n/a

100%

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1 - You can view the actual cost capital items available for each Option in the Option guidance.

2 - The 'Payment Rate for Option' shows the payment specific to each Option. The amounts listed will be the actual payments made. No intervention rate will apply to these amounts.

3 - There are 4 different rates per farmland premium rate based upon land type and each can be available for each Option. The rates are in the following table:

Type of Land

Payment Rate

Arable and Improved on Non LFA

£300 per ha

Arable and Improved on disadvantaged areas of the LFA

£230 per ha

Arable and Improved on severely disadvantaged areas of LFA

£160 per ha

Unimproved Land

£60 per ha

4 - The payments available under the Woodland Improvement Grant - restructuring regeneration Option are as follows:

Operation

Payment Rate

Restructuring with Mixed Broadleaves

£300 per ha

Restructuring with Native Broadleaves

£385 per ha

Restructuring with Caledonian Scots Pine

£385 per ha

Restructuring with Diverse Conifers

£134 per ha

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Page updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2009