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Environmentally Sensitive Areas Scheme - Stage II ESA payment rates

ESA/Tier description Payment rate
per hectare (£)
BRECKLAND
Tier 1 - Heathland £135 per ha
Tier 2 - Reversion to heathland £375 per ha
Tier 3 - River valley grassland £130 per ha
  Water level supplement £70 per ha
Tier 4 A - Uncropped wildlife strips £370 per ha
Tier 4 B - Conservation headlands £110 per ha
Tier 4 C - Reversion to grassland
  Wetland £300 per ha
  Archaeological sites £500 per ha
Tier 4 D - Winter stubbles £100 per ha
Woodland Tier £17 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
SUFFOLK RIVER VALLEYS
Tier 1 - Permanent grassland £75 per ha
Tier 1A - Permanent grassland reverted under a previous ESA agreement £270 per ha
Tier 2 - Low input permanent grassland £190 per ha
Tier 2 A - Low input grassland reverted under a previous ESA agreement £340 per ha
Tier 3 - Arable reversion to grassland £290 per ha
Marshland supplement £80 per ha
Water level supplement £60 per ha
Buffer strip supplement £55 per ha
Fen Tier £170 per ha
Woodland Tier £17 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
Hedgerow Restoration supplement £4 per m
CLUN
Tier 1 A - All land (Arable and Ley Grassland) £35 per ha
Tier 1A (woodland) - Woodland included within All land £15 per ha
Tier 1 B - Extensive permanent grassland and rough grazing £75 per ha
Tier 2 A - Reversion of improved grassland to extensive permanent grassland £110 per ha
Tier 2 B - Reversion of improved grassland to rough grazing £190 per ha
Tier 3 A - Reversion of arable land to permanent grassland £255 per ha
Tier 3 B - Conservation headlands £60 per ha
Hedgerow restoration supplement £6 per metre
Wet area supplement £150 per ha
Woodland Tier £100 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
NORTH PEAK
Tier 1 A - All Land (Arable and Ley Grassland) £20 per ha
Tier 1B - Unimproved grassland and enclosed rough grazing (for existing agreement holders only) £50 per ha
Tier 1B (i) Semi-improved permanent grassland £55 per ha
Tier 1B (ii) Unimproved permanent grassland £50 per ha
Tier 1B (iii) Enclosed rough grazing £45 per ha
Hay meadow supplement £80 per ha
Wet area supplement £90 per ha
Tier 1 C - Moorland £26 per ha
Tier 2 A - Moorland enhancement extensification £48 per ha
Tier 2 B- Moorland exclosure £90 per ha
Woodland £120 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha
Restoration supplements
Walls £22 per metre
Hedges £6 per metre
TEST VALLEY/ AVON VALLEY (Stage 3)
Tier 1A - Improved permanent grassland £35 per ha
Low fertiliser supplement £50 per ha
Tier 1B - Extensive permanent grassland £135 per ha
Breeding wader supplement £40 per ha
Tier 1C - Wet grassland £330 per ha
Tier 2A - Arable Reversion to permanent grassland £300 per ha
Tier 2B - Buffer strips £425 per ha
Woodland Tier £17 per ha
Public Access Tier £350 per ha

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

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