Pedders
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- Location
- West Sussex
are you allowed to drive on Grass margins then ? ... my RPA inspector deducted where they'd been driven on
Hedge cutting in August.
- Thread starter Joe Boy
- Start date
- Location
- North Yorkshire
@texelburger and anyone else
This is all the gubbins of the email sent to me
Under the hedgerow cutting and trimming rules of GAEC 7a Boundaries, claimants must not cut or trim hedgerows on their farms between 1 March and 31 August (inclusive) each year unless:
• the hedgerow overhangs a highway, road or footpath over which there is a public or private right of way and the overhanging hedgerow obstructs the passage of, or is a danger to, vehicles, pedestrians or horse riders;
• the hedgerow is dead, diseased, damaged or insecurely rooted and because of its condition, it or part of it, is likely to cause danger by falling onto a highway, road or footpath; or obstructs the view of drivers or the light from a public lamp;
• it is to carry out hedge-laying or coppicing during the period 1 March to 30 April (inclusive);
• it is to trim a newly laid hedgerow by hand, within 6 months of it being laid;
• they have received written permission from the Secretary of State for the Environment to cut or trim during the month of August for the purposes of sowing oilseed rape or temporary grassland during the same August.
The GAEC 7a hedgerow cutting and trimming rules do not apply:
• to hedgerows within the curtilage of a dwelling-house;
• to any side of a hedgerow when the hedgerow marks the boundary of the curtilage of a dwelling-house.
The legislation that governs cross compliance does permit exemptions and derogations from these requirements, for example, in the interests of human or animal health or safety, to enable a serious cause of harm to plant health or serious infestation of any pest or weed to be treated, in order to enhance the environment, improve public or agricultural access or for reasons relating to livestock or crop production.
In accordance with the 5th bullet point above, we grant you a derogation to cut the hedgerows during August subject to the following conditions:
• it will only apply to the field parcel(s) mentioned above;
• it will only apply to the in-field side of the hedge (and the top of the hedge if it is unable to be cut from an adjoining field);
• it will only apply for August 2015 (the hedgerows can’t be cut before August);
• the length of the whole hedge will have to be checked for birds/nests/eggs. If a bird/nest/eggs is/are found, you cannot cut that hedge, and must adhere to your responsibilities under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
• the oilseed rape will have to be sown during the month of August for the derogation to apply.
You can find more information about cross compliance on our website at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rural-payments-agency. Alternatively, if you need technical advice or assistance about cross compliance, please phone the Farming Advice Service between 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday on 0345 345 1302 or visit the website at www.gov.uk/government/groups/farming-advice-service
This is all the gubbins of the email sent to me
Under the hedgerow cutting and trimming rules of GAEC 7a Boundaries, claimants must not cut or trim hedgerows on their farms between 1 March and 31 August (inclusive) each year unless:
• the hedgerow overhangs a highway, road or footpath over which there is a public or private right of way and the overhanging hedgerow obstructs the passage of, or is a danger to, vehicles, pedestrians or horse riders;
• the hedgerow is dead, diseased, damaged or insecurely rooted and because of its condition, it or part of it, is likely to cause danger by falling onto a highway, road or footpath; or obstructs the view of drivers or the light from a public lamp;
• it is to carry out hedge-laying or coppicing during the period 1 March to 30 April (inclusive);
• it is to trim a newly laid hedgerow by hand, within 6 months of it being laid;
• they have received written permission from the Secretary of State for the Environment to cut or trim during the month of August for the purposes of sowing oilseed rape or temporary grassland during the same August.
The GAEC 7a hedgerow cutting and trimming rules do not apply:
• to hedgerows within the curtilage of a dwelling-house;
• to any side of a hedgerow when the hedgerow marks the boundary of the curtilage of a dwelling-house.
The legislation that governs cross compliance does permit exemptions and derogations from these requirements, for example, in the interests of human or animal health or safety, to enable a serious cause of harm to plant health or serious infestation of any pest or weed to be treated, in order to enhance the environment, improve public or agricultural access or for reasons relating to livestock or crop production.
In accordance with the 5th bullet point above, we grant you a derogation to cut the hedgerows during August subject to the following conditions:
• it will only apply to the field parcel(s) mentioned above;
• it will only apply to the in-field side of the hedge (and the top of the hedge if it is unable to be cut from an adjoining field);
• it will only apply for August 2015 (the hedgerows can’t be cut before August);
• the length of the whole hedge will have to be checked for birds/nests/eggs. If a bird/nest/eggs is/are found, you cannot cut that hedge, and must adhere to your responsibilities under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
• the oilseed rape will have to be sown during the month of August for the derogation to apply.
You can find more information about cross compliance on our website at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/rural-payments-agency. Alternatively, if you need technical advice or assistance about cross compliance, please phone the Farming Advice Service between 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday on 0345 345 1302 or visit the website at www.gov.uk/government/groups/farming-advice-service
- Location
- south norfolk
I am to cut my hedges
Nick...
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Yes you can as its safety critical work.
- Location
- East yorks
What happens if you apply but then don't get the hedge cut in August as you don't get the field harvested?
Do the rules just reset and you can cut as normal in sept and plant whatever you like?
Do the rules just reset and you can cut as normal in sept and plant whatever you like?
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Emailed yesterday, got a reply/approval today
- Location
- Herefordshire
Ok thanks.Will get on and do them.
- Location
- Darlington
I read it as, If you do not cut the hedge in August then no need to sow, or, the Derogation does not mean you must cut the hedge in August, but if you do,then it must be sown as well. Hope to h*ll I am right as I will not get mine done now as we have had lots of rain lately.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Good thing you're joking, eh? You wouldn't be so silly as to post up something naughty in a public forum.
Yes I'm joking, but hasn't it come to something when I can't cut my own hedge when I like.
I want to put grass seed in straight after the OSR and need to fence it so want to trim the hedge well back. I'd rather plough those thorns down than get them in the sheeps feet as they stand browsing the hedge.
Wished we'd bulldozed and burnt the lot back in the seventies rather than leaving some. Remember coming home from school in the seventies to massive fires lighting the winter skies. Felt like progress.
Hindsight
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Tonight, as I was combining OSR close to my neighbours boundary, I obsereved two wonders of nature capitalising on the field corner my neighbour put into ELS. One was a group of ragwort plants in full flower, the other was a large rat diving for cover as my draper pick up approached. I wonder which of these two is worth the public money that has made them a home?
No, I like to think rather that the BPS is to make good the £9000 reduction in my income from my 45 acres of OSR, when compared to two years ago. Silly rules on 2m margins and hedge cutting dates that are over the top are a complete waste of time and money.
The blackbirds this year have nested on the shelf in my workshop where I keep my manuals and reared a brood from there. Can I have a sub for that then???