The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Preseli) Designation Order 1994

Article 6(4)

SCHEDULE 2 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS — I

1.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is hay meadow—

(1) the farmer shall not cut for hay or silage before 8th July in any year;

(2) the farmer shall take at least one cut for hay or silage after 7th July in any year and graze the aftermath of each cut;

(3) the farmer shall exclude livestock for at least seven weeks before the first cut for hay or silage in any year and shall in any event exclude livestock between 7th June and the first cut for hay or silage in any year.

2.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is wetland—

(1) the farmer shall, within six months of the commencement of the agreement, agree in writing with the Secretary of State—

(a) a programme of management of the wetland, and

(b) a timescale to implement that programme of management;

(2) the farmer shall, within fifteen months of the commencement of the agreement, commence work on the programme of management of the wetland agreed with the Secretary of State;

(3) the farmer shall implement the programme of management of the wetland agreed with the Secretary of State in accordance with the timescale agreed with the Secretary of State;

(4) the farmer shall not undertake any maintenance work on existing drainage systems.

3.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is broadleaved woodland the farmer shall exclude livestock.

4.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is coastal belt—

(1) the farmer shall, in the case of enclosed coastal belt which does not include heather, graze with cattle or sheep at an average annual stocking rate not exceeding 0.45 livestock units per hectare;

(2) the farmer shall, in the case of enclosed coastal belt which includes heather, graze with cattle or sheep at an average annual stocking rate not exceeding 0.22 livestock units per hectare;

(3) the farmer shall, within six months of the commencement of the agreement, agree in writing with the Secretary of State—

(a) a programme of management of the coastal belt, and

(b) a timescale to implement that programme of management;

(4) the farmer shall, within fifteen months of the commencment of the agreement, commence work on the programme of management of the coastal belt agreed with the Secretary of State;

(5) the farmer shall implement the programme of management of the coastal belt agreed with the Secretary of State in accordance with the timescale agreed with the Secretary of State.

5.    As regards any semi-natural rough grazings or enclosed coastal belt which is the subject of an agreement and where heather forms at least 5 per cent but not more than 50 per cent of the vegetation cover—

(1) the farmer shall graze with cattle or sheep at an average annual stocking rate not exceeding 0.15 livestock units per hectare;

(2) the farmer shall, between 31st August in any year and 1st April in the following year, graze with cattle or sheep at an average annual stocking rate not exceeding 0.10 livestock units per hectare.

6.    As regards any arable land which is the subject of an agreement and which is suitable for the creation of conservation headlands—

(1) the farmer shall not apply fungicides or insecticides, except between 31st August in any year and 1st January in the following year;

(2) the farmer shall apply herbicides to the land only as agreed in advance with the Secretary of State except that this requirement shall not apply when applying herbicides to that part of the land which comprises a strip of land one metre wide adjoining the cropped area outside the conservation headland on the side of that conservation headland nearest to the centre of the field in which that conservation headland is situated.

7.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is suitable for reversion to semi-natural rough grazings, the farmer shall observe the requirements of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, other than sub-paragraphs (2) and (6) of that paragraph, and paragraph 5 of this Schedule.

8.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is suitable for reversion to hay meadow, the farmer shall observe the requirements of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 1 of this Schedule.

9.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is suitable for reversion to wetland, the farmer shall observe the requirements of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, other than sub-paragraphs (2) and (6) of that paragraph, and paragraph 2 of this Schedule.

10.    As regards any land which is the subject of an agreement and which is suitable for reversion to coastal belt, the farmer shall observe the requirements of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, other than sub-paragraphs (2) and (6) of that paragraph, and paragraph 4 of this Schedule.