Hedge rules now law

[topground]

The measured outcomes are the areas and hedge lengths put into the scheme… I would argue the details held in 20,000 sets of hedgerow reports in 18,000 different formats created by 18,000 different farmers and land agents/advisors would be anything but easy, just a means of demonstrating inconsistency.

And soil sample results?

 

[shelly reynolds]

Not through legislation yet but the consultation last September suggested fixed penalty fines with a reduction for admitting error and early payment. Similar system to driving infringements (speeding, bus lane etc).

As a contractor, just wondering who get the fine landowner or contractor

 

[Punch]

Good question.
Constantly told that the land occupier has final responsibility for action on their land. However it will be the contractor at risk!
Similar situation to a contractor leaving mud on the road.

 

[Dave645]

Maybe more farmers should have got off their arses and filled it in?

I did and that’s I can do, I would have been the negative saying you want for free what was paid for under bps because it was under bps.

 

[Flatland guy]

As a contractor, just wondering who get the fine landowner or contractor

I would have thought landowner unless they have full documentation and procedures and contractor goes against landowner rules then fine contractor

 

[paul&mandy]

Not cut my back garden hedge on my house. Can I do it this weekend with the Stihl long arm? Or it that illegal now too?

 

[Sprinter 10]

I’m tempted to grub a hedge out in the name of rewilding. After all. It’s man made?

 

[devonbeef]

I’m tempted to grub a hedge out in the name of rewilding. After all. It’s man made?

yes it's farcical ,the hedges were planted to keep stock in,now they are classed as wildlife feature and they want stock gone.

 

[gone up the hill]

M5 today they were very busy using a tractor and hedge trimmer to cut back the branches/ brambles etc etc..

Yet farmers cannot touch a hedge now...................

 

[Farmer_Joe]

All about control of the land.

im no conspiracy theorist but i think you are correct.

 

[Simon Chiles]

Not cut my back garden hedge on my house. Can I do it this weekend with the Stihl long arm? Or it that illegal now too?

You can at the moment so long as you don’t disturb any bird nests. Once the proposed legislation becomes law then there’s a distinct chance that all hedges will have to comply with similar rules as the old cross compliance. I reckon there’s a good chance you’ll get your hedge cut before the politicians get their act together.

 

[Kidds]

I reckon there’s a good chance you’ll get your hedge cut before the politicians get their act together.

I'm not expecting to live that long.

 

[glow worm]

Poor OH gets the brunt of my rants every time we go out for drive. WHY oh WHY do so many 'farmers' cut their hedges down to bank level? It dries me MAD! There's a lot of hedge cutting going on at moment wherever they can get a firm access. Its not hedge cutting. Its total destroying. So short that nothing is left except weeds and scalped earth. Nothing left for nesting birds, food, insects or livestock control. I just don't understand their logic. Its even more apparent when you pass this kind of vandalisam and then the next farmer has cut their hedges neatly to a sensible height. Rules? What rules!

 

[milkloss]

Poor OH gets the brunt of my rants every time we go out for drive. WHY oh WHY do so many 'farmers' cut their hedges down to bank level? It dries me MAD! There's a lot of hedge cutting going on at moment wherever they can get a firm access. Its not hedge cutting. Its total destroying. So short that nothing is left except weeds and scalped earth. Nothing left for nesting birds, food, insects or livestock control. I just don't understand their logic. Its even more apparent when you pass this kind of vandalisam and then the next farmer has cut their hedges neatly to a sensible height. Rules? What rules!

Because the dates are so tight it is what can happen. One big cut every few years leads to that kind of caper.

 

[serf]

yes it's farcical ,the hedges were planted to keep stock in,now they are classed as wildlife feature and they want stock gone.

This is what happens when the eco loons take over the show ! Woke N Broke ....

 

[beardface]

You can at the moment so long as you don’t disturb any bird nests. Once the proposed legislation becomes law then there’s a distinct chance that all hedges will have to comply with similar rules as the old cross compliance. I reckon there’s a good chance you’ll get your hedge cut before the politicians get their act together.

I have a feeling the effects of Joe public being unable to tend to their garden as they please may become a stumbling block to legislation.

 

[glow worm]

One way to cure unemployment rates.... so many more officials needed to police domestic gardens! Be good forJoe Public to experience a little of what we go through .. but it will never happen

 

[Simon Chiles]

I have a feeling the effects of Joe public being unable to tend to their garden as they please may become a stumbling block to legislation.

It’s going to be interesting. On of the major principles of writing a new law is that it shouldn’t discriminate against anyone so they won’t be able to single out farmers. Whilst I agree with you that the vast majority of the general public will be outraged by being dictated to about when they can cut their garden hedge I suspect that most politicians ( of all parties ) will want to be seen to do the right thing for the environment and it’ll be voted through on a quiet day and hardly mentioned at the time.

 

[Hay Maker]

I have a feeling the effects of Joe public being unable to tend to their garden as they please may become a stumbling block to legislation.

It will not apply to them, nor does it apply to them now. The greenes don't want to annoy to many voters in an election year do they?

 

[beardface]

It will not apply to them, nor does it apply to them now. The greenes don't want to annoy to many voters in an election year do they?

It would have to apply to them.if it became law.