The Habitat (Former Set-Aside Land) Regulations 1994

Applications for aid

4.  An application for aid under these Regulations shall be made at such time and in such form as the Minister reasonably may require and shall include—

(a) a map of the area of eligible land in respect of which the applicant proposes to assume management obligations;

(b) a description of the use or uses of that land during the period when the land was set-aside land and during any subsequent period;

(c) proposals for a management plan relating to that land which set out the objective of the plan in terms of the maintenance, improvement or protection of a specified habitat which is valuable in terms of the diversity or rarity of wildlife and the methods by which he proposes to manage the land so as to achieve that objective; and

(d) if required by th Minister, evidence showing the nature of the applicant’s estate or interest in that land.