- Location
- S.E
We have a ditch that needs cleaning to help field drainage. Are we allowed to do it this at this time of year? Is there a closed period?
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Am i allowed to clean ditches out?
- Thread starter Against_the_grain
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Dont think so, just need a waste disposal exemption to put it on the field next to the ditch, otherwise load in a lorry for landfill.
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Ditching and immediate hedging here this afternoon. Can you hedge if doing the ditch?
- Location
- East yorks
Never heard or seen of anything for ditches
Hedgecutting cutoff is end February.
ollie989898
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How will they know what was cut today and what was done 10 days ago?
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
You can do it by hand...
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
aren't you allowed to hedge lay until the end of April?
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
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Because some ‘neighbour’ will take a picture and kindly upload it to faceache
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Exactly
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
at least I hope you can, as I am going on a day out for a hedge laying course on monday!
- Location
- Bedfordshire
It’s not a hedge, they are trees you are trimming
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
End of February here in Northern Ireland, it was the end of March until a few years ago. I've found March is the best time for hedge laying.
- Location
- Yorks
You're not allowed to trim trees after end of Feb (if you claim BPS).
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
Well said.
Nowadays government bodies want us to ask permission for doing almost everything….even though the law does not require that. If they can bully people enough they will obtain control by submission as this thread illustrates.
Government bodies have legal teams with infinitely deep pockets whereas individuals do not.
It’s no. Wonder the country is flooding 40 years since the ditch s been cleaned out by any council little wonder the roads are over flowing in water it’s become so easy for the I have good a clue government and the do gooders to put everything down to global warming as for hedge cutting it was always in the back end we farmers would clean the ditch’s and cut the hedge we farmers always moaned but not like they do now
Two road side ditches here were once that deep a mini would have fitted inside, they are now so shallow they are barely below the road and in places where the council use an attachment on a hedge cutter to clear the gulleys that the water is meant to use are now level or above the road due to the dirt they move just forms a dam. Thinking of using the tree shear to refresh the hedge and dig the ditch from the field, bet they won't like that but my fields don't drain now
They have lost the plot now.!!