Hedge cutting derogation.

[An Gof]

Anyone had a response from RPA after submitting a derogation for hedge trimming. Seems glacially slow this year. Want to start cutting next week.

 

[jondear]

Anyone had a response from RPA after submitting a derogation for hedge trimming. Seems glacially slow this year. Want to tart cutting next week.

What about the poor pigeons?

 

[Lawless]

Yes - had consent back within two working days!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Yes . They won't give a derogation on hedge cutting. Total waste of time in Wales anyway

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Yes - had consent back within two working days!

I applied and they said there is no such thing

 

[An Gof]

I applied and they said there is no such thing

Devolved administration so it’s different in Wales.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Devolved administration so it’s different in Wales.

I applied to cut the hedge , he came out said I could plough the field , but they had no authority to give me permission to cut the hedge . I have to wait till the end of August

 

[steveR]

I applied to cut the hedge , he came out said I could plough the field , but they had no authority to give me permission to cut the hedge . I have to wait till the end of August

I'm astonished that there are actually advisers that will leave an Office or their home!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The NFU's BPS advisers have put together a briefing explaining the process of applying for a hedge cutting derogation.
The derogation to allow cutting in August, is only allowed where oilseed rape or temporary grass is being sown in August.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Is it the same in Wales. I'm putting a short term ley in ?

 

[Bury the Trash]

got nothing else to do besides hedgetrimming at this time of year ? ...

 

[Derrick Hughes]

got nothing else to do besides hedgetrimming at this time of year ? ...

I've got branches 40 ft into the field . 360 excavator job

 

[farenheit]

Am I being thick, why can’t you hedge cut a field once it’s been drilled? Don’t most farmers cut their hedges after drilling in the autumn anyway? Are there people still drilling so close to the hedge that they can’t drive a cutter round? Am I going mad?

 

[Gedd]

Am I being thick, why can’t you hedge cut a field once it’s been drilled? Don’t most farmers cut their hedges after drilling in the autumn anyway? Are there people still drilling so close to the hedge that they can’t drive a cutter round? Am I going mad?

I've only got 2 meters from the centre of hedge as a margin cant fit a tractor on that

 

[Zippy768]

Am I being thick, why can’t you hedge cut a field once it’s been drilled? Don’t most farmers cut their hedges after drilling in the autumn anyway? Are there people still drilling so close to the hedge that they can’t drive a cutter round? Am I going mad?

We left in the old stewardship margins, so can cut after drilling. But tbh if i could guarantee and average yield around each field, I'd be better off paying a contractor to do it before drilling (I dont have time at that time of year).
But then they would also have to do the roads. Then it becomes better to own a hedge cutter.

 

[marshbarn]

Anyone had a response from RPA after submitting a derogation for hedge trimming. Seems glacially slow this year. Want to start cutting next week.

yes dead easy, got reply within 2 days

 

[An Gof]

Am I being thick, why can’t you hedge cut a field once it’s been drilled? Don’t most farmers cut their hedges after drilling in the autumn anyway? Are there people still drilling so close to the hedge that they can’t drive a cutter round? Am I going mad?

Yes

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Am I being thick, why can’t you hedge cut a field once it’s been drilled? Don’t most farmers cut their hedges after drilling in the autumn anyway? Are there people still drilling so close to the hedge that they can’t drive a cutter round? Am I going mad?

So I spend over £100 acre putting a new grass ley in then go in with a 14 ton tracked excavator and tree saw a 20 ton woodchipper and two 20 ton trailers to cart the wood off, by Mid September land starts to get wet here

 

[ARW]

Plenty of my customers have got it, or that’s what they tell me anyway, start stubbles on Saturday, I should count pigeon nests

 

[Bury the Trash]

I've got branches 40 ft into the field . 360 excavator job
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So I spend over £100 acre putting a new grass ley in then go in with a 14 ton tracked excavator and tree saw a 20 ton woodchipper and two 20 ton trailers to cart the wood off, by Mid September land starts to get wet here

should've done it in autumn or winter .