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Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme - Stage I ESA payment rates

ESA/Tier description Payment rate
per hectare (£)
PENNINE DALES
Tier 1A Arable and Improved Grassland £20 per ha
Tier 1B Meadows, Pastures and Allotments
Meadow land £150 per ha
Other grassland £82 per ha
Tier 2A Herb-Rich Meadows £250 per ha
Tier 2B Herb-Rich Pastures and Allotments £145 per ha
Tier 2C Woodland £200 per ha
Wall renovation Supplement £15 per m
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
 
SOUTH DOWNS
Tier 1 Permanent Grassland on the Chalk £60 per ha
Tier 2 Permanent Grassland in the River Valleys £60 per ha
Tier 3A Arable Reversion to Chalk Grassland £330 per ha
Tier 3B Arable Reversion to Permanent Grassland £240 per ha
Tier 4A Winter Stubbles with Undersowing £125 per ha
Tier 4B Winter Stubbles without Undersowing £53 per ha
Tier 4C Conservation Headlands £90 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
 
SOMERSET LEVELS & MOORS
Tier 1 Permanent Grassland £125 per ha
Tier 1A Extensive Permanent Grassland £200 per ha
Tier 2 Wet Permanent Grassland £225 per ha
Tier 3 Permanent Grassland Raised Water Level Areas £430 per ha
Raised Water Level Area Supplement £80 per ha
Buffer Strip Supplement £110 per ha of strip
All-Year Penning Supplement on Peat Soils £18 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
 
BROADS
Tier 1 Permanent Grassland £130 per ha
Tier 2 Extensive Grassland £225 per ha
Tier 3 Wet Grassland £310 per ha
Tier 4A Arable reversion to Permanent Grassland £260 per ha
Tier 4B Arable Grassland margins £500 per ha
Water Level Supplement £70 per ha
Fen Tier £150 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
 
WEST PENWITH
Tier 1 All Land £85 per ha
Tier 2 Winter Stubbles £170 per ha
Field Margin Supplement £7 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha

Page last modified: 19 May, 2005
Page published: 10 December, 2002

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