The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (North Peak) Designation Order 1993

Unimproved grassland and enclosed rough grazing

2.  As regards any unimproved grassland and enclosed rough grazing which is the subject of an agreement—

(1) the farmer shall identify such grassland and rough grazing and manage it as grassland or rough grazing, as appropriate, for the duration of the agreement;

(2) the farmer shall not excavate, plough, level, re-seed or otherwise cultivate;

(3) the farmer shall not use a chain harrow or roller on land which has not previously been rolled, or on other land between 1st April and 16th July in any year;

(4) the farmer shall not cut or spray areas of rushes;

(5) the farmer shall not apply inorganic or processed organic fertiliser or slurry.He shall not increase existing application rates of farmyard manure and in any event shall not apply more than a single dressing of farmyard manure in any three year period, at an application rate not exceeding 12.5 tonnes per hectare.He shall not make any such application between 1st April and 31st May in any year;

(6) the farmer shall not apply lime, slag or any other substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil;

(7) the farmer shall graze pastureland with cattle or sheep, or both;

(8) the farmer shall identify hay meadow and manage it as such for the duration of the agreement;

(9) the farmer shall exclude stock from meadowland at least seven weeks before the first cut of hay or silage and by 27th May in any year at the latest;

(10) the farmer shall cut the grass on meadowland, remove the crop and graze the aftermath but shall not cut for hay before 16th July in any year.