# The Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Paragraph 15: Boundary features


(1) A farmer must not remove, destroy or damage drystane or flagstone dykes, turf and stone-faced banks, walls, hedges and hedgerow trees, boundary trees or watercourses which serve as boundaries to agricultural land without the prior written consent of–
(a) the Scottish Ministers; or
(b) by or under any enactment, another authority as shall be notified to the farmer by the Scottish Ministers when the farmer applies to them for consent.
(2) A farmer must not trim a hedge in the period beginning on 1st March and ending on 31st July, except only to the extent necessary for the purposes of road safety.
(3) Written consent under sub-paragraph (1) is not required to widen field entrances to enable access for livestock or farm machinery.
(4) In this paragraph “remove, destroy or damage” does not include–
(a) trimming a hedge; or
(b) lopping branches from hedgerow trees.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/518/schedule/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-agricultural-policy-schemes-cross-compliance-scotland-regulations-2004/schedule/paragraph-15
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