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GLAS aims to address the cross-cutting objectives of climate change, water quality and biodiversity. These are the requirements for the third tranche of GLAS launched in 2016.
All of these requirements are compulsory:
Tier 1(a): All farmers with PEAs get first priority access to the Scheme in Year One and subsequent years.
If any of these Priority Assets are applicable to the holding, they must be chosen and the relevant actions planned:
Tier 1(b) : If an applicant (whether beef, sheep or dairy) with a whole farm stocking-rate exceeding 140kg Livestock Manure Nitrogen per hectare produced on the holding, or any farmer with more than 30ha of arable crops, wishes to be considered under Tier 1, they must adopt at least one of the following four mandatory actions:
Registered Organic farmers will qualify for priority access to the scheme under Tier 1(b), by selecting actions appropriate to the farm. However, if any of the assets listed in the first set of bullet-points above apply, they must be chosen first.
Commitments under the Organic Farming Scheme will not qualify for payment under GLAS.
It is not guaranteed that all eligible applicants in Tier 1(b) will get into the Scheme and a scoring matrix will apply if necessary.
Tier 2(a) : Farmers, who do not have Priority Environmental Assets but whose lands include a Vulnerable Water Area, may apply for access to the scheme under Tier 2. In such cases, the appropriate actions relevant to Vulnerable Water Areas must be selected.
Tier 2(b) : In the absence of a Vulnerable Water Area, an applicant may still qualify for Tier 2 access provided one of the following actions are chosen and planned for:
It is not guaranteed that all eligible applicants in Tier 2 will get into the Scheme and a scoring matrix will apply if necessary.
These actions aim to enhance the climate change, water quality and biodiversity benefits delivered and can be chosen in addition to Tier 1 and Tier 2 actions or on their own (choosing only General Actions will not guarantee entry to the Scheme):
| Action | € per metre/year | € per ha/year | € per unit/year | € per m3 /year | |
| Arable grass margins | |||||
| a. 3 metre margin | €0.35 | ||||
| b. 4 metre margin | €0.50 | ||||
| c. 6 metre margin | €0.70 | ||||
| Bat boxes | €13 | ||||
| Bird Boxes | €6 | ||||
| Commonages | €120 | ||||
| Conservation of solitary bees | |||||
| a. Box | €6 | ||||
| b. Sand | €45 | ||||
| Catch Crops | €155 | ||||
| Coppicing Hedgerows | €2.20 | ||||
| Environmental Management of Fallow Land | €750 | ||||
| Farmland Birds | |||||
| a. Breeding Waders | €366 | ||||
| b. Chough Farm Scheme | €365 | ||||
| c. Corncrake | €364 | ||||
| d. Geese and Swans | €205 | ||||
| e. Grey Partridge | €2.10 | ||||
| f. Hen Harrier | €370 | ||||
| g. Twite A – Semi-natural/semi-improved grassland field management option | €375 | ||||
| h. Twite B – Winter feed option | €900 | ||||
| Farmland habitat (private Natura sites) | €79 | ||||
| Laying Hedgerows | €3.70 | ||||
| Low-emission Slurry Spreading (per m3 per year) | €1.20 | ||||
| Low-input Permanent Pasture | €314 | ||||
| Minimum Tillage | €40 | ||||
| Planting a Grove of Native Trees | €0.90 | ||||
| Protection of Archaeological Sites | |||||
| a. Grassland option | €120 | ||||
| b. Tillage option | €146 | ||||
| Protection of water courses (not High-status or Vulnerable) | €1.50 | ||||
| Rare breeds (per LU) | €200 | ||||
| Riparian margins | |||||
| a. 3 metre margin | €0.90 | ||||
| b. 6 metre margin | €1.20 | ||||
| c. 10 metre margin | €1.60 | ||||
| d. 30 metre margin | €3.60 | ||||
| Traditional hay meadow | €315 | ||||
| Traditional stone wall maintenance | €0.70 | ||||
| Wild bird cover | €900 |
