The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland) Designation Order 1987

Article 4

SCHEDULE 6 SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

1.  As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and to which the provisions of any of the previous Schedules apply —

(1) The farmer shall maintain in the traditional manner all hedges and hedgerow trees which he is entitled to maintain.

(2) The farmer shall maintain existing ditches by non-chemical means.

(3) The farmer shall ensure in farming the land that he does not damage or destroy any feature of historic interest or any feature of geomorphological interest notified to him by the Minister.

(4) The farmer shall maintain ponds.

(5) The farmer shall obtain written advice from the Minister concerning siting and materials before constructing buildings or roads or carrying out other engineering operations authorised under Class VI of the Town and Country Planning General Development Orders 1977 to 1985(1). This requirement shall not apply to any development in respect of which notice of a direction restricting permitted development has been served under article 4 of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977(2).

2.  As regards any woodland, copses or trees on any land which is the subject of an agreement —

Within two years of the commencement of the agreement, the farmer shall obtain from the persons or bodies designated by the Minister written advice on the management of woodland, Scots Pine belts, copses and trees.

(1)

S.I. 1977/289, 1980/1946, 1981/245, 1569, 1983/1615, 1985/1011, 1981; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1986/435.

(2)

S.I. 1977/289; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/1981, 1986/435.