The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (The Broads) Designation Order 1997

Articles 4(2) and 5(2)(c)

SCHEDULE 4 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO WHICH PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN SCHEDULE 9, PART II, ITEM 3 RELATE

As regards any grassland subject under the agreement to the requirements set out in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3, requirements to the effect that—

(a) the farmer shall agree with the Minister a plan of water management for the creation, reinstatement and management of foot drains and grips;

(b) the farmer shall—

(i) ensure that water is maintained in the dykes at not more than 30 centimetres below marsh level between 15th March and 31st August in any given year; and

(ii) shall begin to raise water levels to their summer maximum no later than 15th February in any given year;

(c) the farmer shall not apply any fertiliser or manure to the grassland;

(d) the farmer shall not exceed a grazing density of one bovine animal per 0.75 hectare of the grassland between 1st April and 31st May in any given year; and

(e) the farmer shall not graze the land with sheep between 1st June and—

(i) 31st December, where the requirements of Schedule 2 apply to that land; and

(ii) 31st October, where the requirements of Schedule 3 apply to that land,

in any given year.