Hedge cutting derogation

[Hampton]

has anyone been granted one of these yet this August?
I applied last year at 13:30 and received an email back at 8am the following morning with the permission.
This year I applied on Tuesday and aside from an automated thank you email, I have yet to hear back with a yes or no.
Has anyone had different luck?

 

[Shutesy]

We applied last year as required and never even got a email in reply. This year we got our land agents to do it for us and it all came back fine after a couple of days about 3 weeks ago, cut the hedges round the field yesterday.

 

[Superted820]

We've tried a few times to get one to trim hedges around fields of miscanthus which needs doing straight after it's harvested in the spring. A simple NO was the response. Really helpful.

 

[An Gof]

Yes, I have applied this year and received the derogation. I applied last month and it took about a week for the derogation to be confirmed.

 

[Hampton]

Yes, I have applied this year and received the derogation. I applied last month and it took about a week for the derogation to be confirmed.

Didn't realise you could apply in advance. Will do that next year.

 

[An Gof]

Just double checked, sent email on 15 July received derogation by email on 24 July HTH

 

[Grouse]

I thought you were ok to trim after 1st August without a derogation ?

 

[Grassman]

I thought you were ok to trim after 1st August without a derogation ?

You been away for a couple of years?

 

[An Gof]

I thought you were ok to trim after 1st August without a derogation ?

Might be different in devolved areas, I'm not sure.

 

[Grouse]

You been away for a couple of years?

No enlighten me ?

 

[Shutesy]

No enlighten me ?

Farmers in England are banned from cutting hedges between the 1st of March and the 1st of September to 'protect nesting birds'!

 

[Mc115reed]

Just bloody do it seems to be hedges being cut left right and centre round here!! Mainly all the local schools/ hospitals/ council buildings/ general council hedges and a lot of farm road sides..... funny how councils can smash there hedges back whenever?!

 

[Hindsight]

has anyone been granted one of these yet this August?
I applied last year at 13:30 and received an email back at 8am the following morning with the permission.
This year I applied on Tuesday and aside from an automated thank you email, I have yet to hear back with a yes or no.
Has anyone had different luck?

Was quicker in 2016 - usually 24 hours. Slower this year. I have applied for three derogations so far in past month - all back in about 7 days.

 

[Grouse]

Farmers in England are banned from cutting hedges between the 1st of March and the 1st of September to 'protect nesting birds'!

Has this recently changed then as I found this guidance above which says you can't trim between 1st March and 31st July?

 

[paul&mandy]

You can cut when you like if it's not on land that's being claimed for. As above in the article it's an offence to knowingly destroy a nest, ie don't cut when there actively nesting. No start and stop dates only for farms where if you have a derogation you can cut group discussion that's going into osr or temporary grass from the 1st August.
I personally would like all arable land to be able to be cut from 1st August. I've got hundreds of acres that were rape or spring barley that's been clear weeks and will all be too much of a rush come September 1st.

 

[kiwi pom]

You can cut when you like if it's not on land that's being claimed for. As above in the article it's an offence to knowingly destroy a nest, ie don't cut when there actively nesting. No start and stop dates only for farms where if you have a derogation you can cut group discussion that's going into osr or temporary grass from the 1st August.
I personally would like all arable land to be able to be cut from 1st August. I've got hundreds of acres that were rape or spring barley that's been clear weeks and will all be too much of a rush come September 1st.

So its not illegal to cut a hedge before September, its just a condition of claiming benefits?
When I was over in July there were heaps of roadside hedges cut near my parents place.

 

[TheTallGuy]

So its not illegal to cut a hedge before September, its just a condition of claiming benefits?
When I was over in July there were heaps of roadside hedges cut near my parents place.

The road side of hedges can be cut for road safety purposes regardless of being in receipt of BPS. Just as well around here as there are some over eager flail jockeys on the council contracts in these parts.

 

[Grassman]

The road side of hedges can be cut for road safety purposes regardless of being in receipt of BPS. Just as well around here as there are some over eager flail jockeys on the council contracts in these parts.

Still not allowed to destroy or disturb an active birds nest.

 

[paul&mandy]

So its not illegal to cut a hedge before September, its just a condition of claiming benefits?
When I was over in July there were heaps of roadside hedges cut near my parents place.

Yes. Been cutting since mid June, never seen a nest. Think the magpies would clear out any nests on the top of a hedge with only a few months growth on. I would say no way if something with 1+yrs needs cutting grass back even now in August we are just clearing nesting season.