The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation Order 1994

1.  As regards all land which is subject to an agreement—

(1) the farmer shall not use the land (including ley grassland which has been establishedfor less than 10 years) for the growing of arable crops apart from land in such use on 31st December 1993;

(2) the farmer shall not increase existing application rates of organic or inorganic fertiliser. He shall not apply any organic fertiliser within 50 metres of a spring, well or borehole that supplies water for human consumption or within 10 metres of any water course;

(3) the farmer shall not remove any hedges, walls or banks or any part thereof. He shall not plough or apply pesticides or fertiliser within 1 metre of any hedge, wall or bank;

(4) the farmer shall maintain stockproof hedges, walls and banks in a stockproof condition using traditional materials;

(5) the farmer shall maintain existing watercourses, ditches, ponds and wetland (including margins and banks) for which he is responsible by mechanical means;

(6) the farmer shall not install any new lan drainage system or modify any existing land drainage system so as to bring about improved drainage;

(7) the farmer shall retain any broadleaved woodland and shall retain and manage any individual trees and groups of trees for which he is responsible;

(8) the farmer shall manage scrub;

(9) within two years of the start of the agreement the farmer shall obtain from a person approved by the Minister written advice on the management of existing woodland and on any proposals to plant new woodland;

(10) the farmer shall not fill in any natural depressions or level any mound;

(11) the farmer shall maintain any weatherproof traditional farm buildings for which he is responsible in a weatherproof condition using traditional styles and materials;

(12) the farmer shall not damage, destroy or remove any feature of archaeological or historic interest;

(13) the farmer shall obtain from a person approved by the Minister written advice on the agricultural management of known archaeological and historic features;

(14) the farmer shall carry out any necessary bracken control in accordance with the programme agreed in writing in advance with the Minister Control shall be by means of asulam where mechanical means cannot be used;

(15) the farmer shall dispose of sheep dip safely and shall not spread sheep dip where it might affect areas of nature conservation value;

(16) the farmer shall obtain written advice on siting, design and materials from the Minister before constructing buildings or roads or before carrying out any other engineering or construction works which do not require prior notification determination by the local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988(1), or planning permission;

(17) the farmer shall ensure that livestock removed from the land do not graze areas of common which are not subject to an agreement.

(1)

S.I. 1988/1813. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/2805.