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Official TranscriptStatus: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2022 No. 141 AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND The Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Made - - - - 16th February 2022 Laid before Parliament 17th February 2022 Coming into force - - 11th March...
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2022 No. 141 AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND COUNTRYSIDE, ENGLAND The Countryside Stewardship (England)
(Amendment) Regulations 2022 Made - - - - 16th February 2022 Laid before Parliament 17th February 2022 Coming into force - - 11th March 2022 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 98 of the Environment Act 1995(1).
Citation, commencement, extent and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 11th March 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply to England only.
Amendment to the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020
2. In the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020(2), for Part 2 of the Schedule (management activities) substitute the new Part 2 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Victoria Prentis Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural 16th February 2022 Affairs
(1) 1995 c. 25, as amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820). Section 98(5) defines the appropriate Minister. The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (which related only to England) were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of article 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).
(2) S.I. 2020/41 as amended by S.I. 2021/42.Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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We consent Amanda Solloway Michael Tomlinson Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her 14th February 2022 Majesty’s Treasury 2Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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SCHEDULE Regulation 2 NEW PART 2 OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2020 “PART 2 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
1. Arable
(a) Nectar flower mix Establishing and maintaining a £579 per hectare (“ha”) mixture of pollen and nectar rich plants on arable land
(b) Basic overwinter stubble Retention of overwintered £84 per ha stubble until the following February
(c) Beetle banks Creation (if appropriate) or £636 per ha maintenance of beetle banks
(d) Skylark plots Creation of skylark plots to £20 (£10 per plot access growing cereal minimum 2 plots per ha)
(e) Nesting plots for lapwing and Establishing and maintaining £566 per ha stone curlew plots for ground-nesting birds
(f) Enhanced overwinter stubble Retention of overwintered £493 per ha stubble until the following July
(g) Whole crop cereals Planting and harvesting whole £554 per ha crop cereals followed by overwintered stubble
(h) Flower-rich margins and plots Establishing flower-rich grass £628 per ha margins or plots as habitat and foraging for invertebrates and birds
(i) Winter bird food Establishing blocks or strips £640 per ha of cereals, brassicas and other plants providing food for farmland birds, especially for autumn and winter
(j) Unharvested cereal headland Creation of an unharvested, £640 per ha open structured cereal crop for wildlife.
(k) Cultivated areas for arable Creation of uncropped, £544 per ha plants cultivated areas for scarce and declining arable plants 3Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(l) Supplementary winter feeding Spreading winter feed mixture £657 per tonne for every 2 for farmland birds for birds in selected feeding ha of winter bird food areas
(m) Brassica fodder crop Establishing and managing a £100 per ha brassica fodder crop as foraging sites for birds
(n) Harvested low input cereal Establishing and managing an £266 per ha open-structure cereal crop as summer foraging for wildlife
(o) Two year sown legume fallow Establishing and managing a £569 per ha legume fallow mix as food for farmland wildlife
(p) Autumn sown bumblebird mix Establishing and managing a £608 per ha mix of flowering and seed bearing plants after harvest as food for farmland birds and insects
2. Boundaries, Trees and Orchards
(a) Protection of in-field trees on Protection of in-field trees on £475 per ha arable land arable land
(b) Protection of in-field trees on Protection of in-field trees on £260 per ha intensive grassland intensive grassland
(c) Management of hedgerows Management of hedgerow (one- £9 per 100 metres (“m”) side) for 1 side of a hedge
(d) Management of traditional Management of traditional £247 per ha orchards orchards
(e) Creation of traditional Creation of traditional orchards £342 per ha orchards
(f) Veteran tree surgery Carrying out specialist tree £326 per tree surgery to extend the lifespan of veteran trees
(g) Supplement for restorative Restorative pruning of mature £96 per tree pruning of fruit trees fruit trees
3. Coastal
(a) Management of coastal sand Management of coastal sand £299 per ha dunes and vegetated shingle dunes and vegetated shingle
(b) Creation of coastal sand dunes Creation of coastal sand dunes £420 per ha and vegetated shingle on and vegetated shingle on arable arable land and improved land and improved grassland grassland
(c) Management of coastal Management of coastal £90 per ha saltmarsh saltmarsh 4Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(d) Creation of inter-tidal and Creation of inter-tidal and saline £594 per ha saline habitat on arable land habitat on arable land
(e) Creation of inter-tidal and Creation of inter-tidal and saline £420 per ha saline habitat by non- habitat by non-intervention intervention
(f) Coastal vegetation Management of grazing on £117 per ha management supplement saltmarsh or saline habitat
(g) Creation of inter-tidal and Creation of inter-tidal and saline £422 per ha saline habitat on intensive habitat on intensive grassland grassland
4. Grassland
(a) Take small areas out of Taking small areas of permanent £365 per ha management grassland out of management
(b) Permanent grassland with very Management of permanent £132 per ha low inputs (outside SDAs(3)) grassland with very low inputs outside SDAs
(c) Ryegrass seed-set as winter Establishing a ryegrass seed-set £426 per ha food for birds on grassland to provide food in the autumn and winter for birds
(d) Legume and herb-rich swards Establishment and maintenance £358 per ha of legume and herb-rich swards
(e) Permanent grassland with very Management of permanent £71 per ha low inputs in SDAs grassland with very low inputs in SDAs
(f) Management of species-rich Management of species-rich £182 per ha grassland grassland
(g) Restoration towards species- Restoration towards species- £205 per ha rich grassland rich grassland
(h) Creation of species-rich Creation of species-rich £374 per ha grassland grassland
(i) Management of wet grassland Management of wet grassland £323 per ha for breeding waders for breeding waders
(j) Management of wet grassland Management of wet grassland £197 per ha for wintering waders and for wintering waders and wildfowl wildfowl
(k) Creation of wet grassland for Creation of wet grassland for £480 per ha breeding waders breeding waders
(3) “SDA” is defined in Part 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2020/41.
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(l) Creation of wet grassland Creation of wet grassland for £403 per ha for wintering waders and wintering waders and wildfowl wildfowl
(m) Management of grassland for Management of grassland for £131 per ha target features targeted habitats, species or features
(n) Creation of grassland for target Creation of grassland for £372 per ha features targeted habitats, species or features
(o) Haymaking supplement Continue or re-introduce £85 per ha haymaking on fields which are or were cut for hay once a year
(p) Rush infestation control Reduce rush cover in grassland £77 per ha supplement with heavy infestations.
(q) Lenient grazing supplement Management of grazing to £44 per ha provide spring and summer invertebrate food
5. Historic environment and landscape
(a) Maintenance of weatherproof Maintenance of weatherproof £4.03 per square metre traditional farm buildings traditional farm buildings (“sq m”)
(b) Take historic and Taking land with archaeological £459 per ha archaeological features out of or historic features out of cultivation cultivation
(c) Reduced-depth, non-inversion Reducing damage to historical £88 per ha cultivation on historic and and archaeological features archaeological features under cultivation by using non-inversion machinery and shallower cultivation depths
(d) Scrub control on historic and Controlling scrub on historic £163 per ha archaeological features and archaeological features
(e) Management of historic and Management of historic and £39 per ha archaeological features on archaeological features on grassland grassland
(f) Maintenance of designed/ Maintenance of designed or £480 per ha engineered water bodies engineered water bodies
(g) Management of historic water Management of historic water £480 per ha meadows through traditional meadows through traditional irrigation irrigation
(h) Maintenance of weatherproof Maintenance of weatherproof £6.86 per sq m traditional farm buildings in traditional farm buildings in remote areas remote areas 6Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(i) Restricted depth crop Restricting the depth of £199 per ha establishment to protect crop establishment to protect archaeology under an arable archaeology under an arable rotation rotation
6. Lowland heath
(a) Management of lowland Management of lowland £335 per ha heathland heathland
(b) Restoration of forestry Restoration of forestry and £214 per ha and woodland to lowland woodland to lowland heathland heathland
(c) Creation of heathland from Creation of lowland heathland £577 per ha arable or improved grassland from arable or improved grassland
7. Soil and water
(a) 4-6m buffer strip on cultivated Creation (where appropriate) £419 per ha land and maintenance of 4m or 6m buffer strips on cultivated land
(b) 4-6m buffer strip on intensive Creation (where appropriate) £213 per ha grassland and maintenance of 4m or 6m buffer strips on intensive grassland
(c) In-field grass strips Creation (where appropriate) £624 per ha and maintenance of dense grassy areas on cultivated land
(d) 12-24m watercourse buffer Creation (where appropriate) £578 per ha strip on cultivated land and maintenance of 12-24m buffer strips on cultivated land
(e) Enhanced management of Management of maize and a £159 per ha maize crops cover crop to reduce the risk of soil erosion and run off
(f) Winter cover crops Provision of a cover crop to £124 per ha reduce nitrate leaching
(g) Arable reversion to grassland Reversion of arable land to £321 per ha with low fertiliser input grassland with low fertiliser input
(h) Management of intensive Management of intensive £202 per ha grassland adjacent to a grassland adjacent to a watercourse watercourse
(i) Seasonal livestock removal on Seasonal removal of livestock £106 per ha intensive grassland from intensive grassland adjacent to a watercourse 7Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(j) Seasonal livestock removal on Seasonal removal of livestock £63 per ha grassland in SDAs next to from grassland adjacent to a streams, rivers and lakes watercourse in SDAs
(k) Riparian management strip Prevention of livestock access to £480 per ha a watercourse and provision of a buffer strip
(l) Making space for water Helping water flow in a winding £640 per ha course across flood plains, flooding temporarily to restore river and wetland habitats
(m) Very low nitrogen inputs to Reduction of nutrient input to £348 per ha groundwaters grassland
(n) Nil fertiliser supplement Reduction of nutrient inputs to £148 per ha zero
(o) Flood mitigation on arable Creation of temporary water £488 per ha reversion to grassland storage to mitigate flood risk on arable reversion to grassland
(p) Flood mitigation on permanent Creation of temporary water £272 per ha grassland storage to mitigate flood risk on permanent grassland
8. Uplands
(a) Enclosed rough grazing Maintain and enhance areas of £43 per ha enclosed rough grazing land within an upland farming system
(b) Management of rough grazing Management of rough grazing £110 per ha for birds habitat for birds
(c) Management of moorland Management of moorland £51 per ha
(d) Management of moorland Management of vegetation to £10 per ha vegetation supplement restore and improve Priority Habitats
(e) Moorland re-wetting Maintenance and restoration of £23 per ha supplement vegetation mosaics and wetland habitats
(f) Upland livestock exclusion Management of upland through £18 per ha supplement livestock exclusion
(g) Management of wood pasture Management of existing upland £212 per ha and parkland wood pasture and parkland
(h) Restoration of wood pasture Restoration of upland wood £316 per ha and parkland pasture and parkland
(i) Creation of wood pasture Creation of new upland wood £333 per ha pasture 8Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
9. Woodland and scrub
(a) Woodland creation – Maintenance of newly created £300 per ha Maintenance Payments woodland
(b) Woodland Improvement Improvement of existing £100 per ha woodland
(c) Woodland edges on arable Creation of new woodland edge £376 per ha land habitat
(d) Management of wood pasture Management of existing £148 per ha and parkland lowland wood pasture and parkland
(e) Restoration of wood pasture Restoration of lowland wood £329 per ha and parkland pasture and parkland
(f) Creation of wood pasture Creation of new lowland wood £499 per ha pasture
(g) Management of successional Management of successional £83 per ha areas and scrub areas and scrub
(h) Creation of successional areas Creation of successional areas £128 per ha and scrub and scrub
(i) Livestock exclusion Exclusion of livestock from £121 per ha supplement – scrub and scrub and successional areas successional areas.
10. Wetlands
(a) Buffering in-field ponds and Creation and maintenance of £275 per ha ditches in improved grassland buffer strips for in-field ponds and ditches in improved grassland
(b) Buffering in-field ponds and Creation and maintenance of £563 per ha ditches on arable land buffer strips for in-field ponds and ditches on arable land
(c) Management of ditches of high Management of ditches of £42 per 100m for the environmental value high environmental value (both management of both sides sides) of the ditch
(d) Pond management (area less Management of small ponds of £114 per pond than or equal to 100 sq m) high wildlife value
(e) Pond management (area more Management of larger ponds of £202 per pond than 100 sq m) high wildlife value
(f) Management of reedbed Management, maintenance and £80 per ha restoration of reedbed
(g) Creation of reedbed Creation of new areas of reedbed £323 per ha
(h) Management of fen Management of fen and small £39 per ha areas of reedbed 9Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(i) Creation of fen Creation of new areas of fen £507 per ha
(j) Management of lowland raised Management of lowland raised £178 per ha bog bog
(k) Wetland cutting supplement Cutting management of wetland £480 per ha habitats
(l) Wetland grazing supplement Grazing management of wetland £407 per ha habitats
11. Organic
(a) Overwintered stubble Retaining overwinter stubble on £156 per ha organic land
(b) Wild bird seed mixture Establishing a mix of seed- £640 per ha bearing plants on organic land
(c) Supplementary feeding for Spreading winter feed mixture £756 per tonne for every farmland birds for birds in selected feeding 2 ha of wild bird seed areas on organic land mixture
(d) Multi-species ley Establishing and managing a £115 per ha multi-species ley on organic land
(e) Undersown cereal Establishing an autumn or £233 per ha spring sown cereal crop undersown with a grass/flower- rich legume ley
12. Organic conversion
(a) Organic conversion – Conversion of improved £150 per ha per year for improved permanent grassland permanent grassland to organic up to 2 years management
(b) Organic conversion – Conversion of unimproved £76 per ha per year for up unimproved permanent permanent grassland to organic to 2 years grassland management
(c) Organic conversion – Conversion of rotational land to £256 per ha per year for rotational land organic management up to 2 years
(d) Organic conversion – Conversion of rotational land £602 per ha per year for horticulture used to produce vegetables or up to 2 years salads into organic
(e) Organic conversion – top fruit Conversion of top fruit orchards £960 per ha per year for or berry bushes to organic up to 3 years management
13. Organic maintenance
(a) Organic land management - Maintaining improved £40 per ha improved permanent grassland permanent grassland under organic management 10Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Activity name Description Maximum payment rate per agreement year
(b) Organic land management Maintaining unimproved £31 per ha - unimproved permanent permanent grassland under grassland organic management
(c) Organic land management - Maintaining rotational land £109 per ha rotational land under organic management
(d) Organic land management – Maintaining horticultural land £380 per ha horticulture under organic management
(e) Organic land management - Maintaining top fruit orchards £960 per ha top fruit or berry bushes under organic management
(f) Organic land management - Maintaining enclosed rough £48 per ha enclosed rough grazing grazing land under organic management
14. Additional supplements
(a) Difficult sites supplement Management of particularly £71 per ha difficult sites
(b) Raised water level supplement Raising water levels in ditches £127 per ha and adjacent land
(c) Bracken control supplement Controlling dense bracken £175 per ha
(d) Control of invasive plant Controlling invasive plant £340 per ha species supplement species
(e) Shepherding supplement Introducing, re-introducing or £8 per ha making significant changes to shepherding
(f) Cattle grazing supplement Cattle grazing for conservation £45 per ha purposes
(g) Introduction of cattle grazing Introduction of conservation £279 per ha on the Isles of Scilly grazing on the Isles of Scilly on land that is not currently grazed by cattle
(h) Native breeds at risk Grazing native breeds at risk £142 per ha supplement
(i) Threatened species Additional habitat management £154 per ha supplement for named Priority Species
(j) Administration of group Administering agreements with £6 per ha managed agreements shared tenure supplement
15. Educational access
(a) Education access Permitting and making £309 per visit” provision for access to farm land for educational visits 11Document Generated: 2023-04-27
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EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations further amend the Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020 (“the 2020 Regulations”) (S.I. 2020/41) and are made pursuant to section 98 of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).
Regulation 2 amends, with effect from 11th March 2022, the maximum payment rates per agreement year for management activities carried out as part of a countryside stewardship agreement under regulation 3 of the 2020 Regulations.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
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