Paragraph 4

No crop residue may be burned–

(a)

if the area to be burned is less than 150 metres from any other area in which crop residues are being burned;

(b)

in the case of cereal straw or cereal stubble, less than 15 metres, and in any other case less than 5 metres from–

(i)

the trunk of any tree (including any tree in coppice or scrubland);

(ii)

any hedgerow;

(iii)

any fence not the property of the occupier of the land upon which the burning is carried out;

(iv)

any pole which is or may be used to carry telegraph or telephone wires; (v) any electricity pole, pylon or substation;

(c)

in the case of cereal straw or cereal stubble, less than 50 metres, and in any other case less than 15 metres from–

(i)

any residential building;

(ii)

any structure having a thatched roof;

(iii)

any building, structure, fixed plant or machinery which could be set alight or damaged by heat from the fire;

(iv)

any scheduled monument which could be set alight by the fire;

(v)

any stack of hay or straw;

(vi)

any accumulation of combustible material other than crop residues removed in the making of a fire-break;

(vii)

any mature standing crop;

(viii)

any woodland or land managed as a nature reserve;

(ix)

any building or structure containing livestock;

(x)

any oil or gas installation on or above the surface of the ground; or

(d)

less than 100 metres from–

(i)

any motorway;

(ii)

any dual carriageway;

(iii)

any A-road;

(iv)

any railway line.