{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crop-residues-burning-regulations-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crop-residues-burning-regulations-1993/schedule-2/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1366",
  "legislation_title": "The Crop Residues (Burning) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crop-residues-burning-regulations-1993",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "No crop residue may be burned–\n(a) if the area to be burned is less than 150 metres from any other area in which crop residues are being burned;\n(b) in the case of cereal straw or cereal stubble, less than 15 metres, and in any other case less than 5 metres from–\n(i) the trunk of any tree (including any tree in coppice or scrubland);\n(ii) any hedgerow;\n(iii) any fence not the property of the occupier of the land upon which the burning is carried out;\n(iv) any pole which is or may be used to carry telegraph or telephone wires; (v) any electricity pole, pylon or substation;\n(c) in the case of cereal straw or cereal stubble, less than 50 metres, and in any other case less than 15 metres from–\n(i) any residential building;\n(ii) any structure having a thatched roof;\n(iii) any building, structure, fixed plant or machinery which could be set alight or damaged by heat from the fire;\n(iv) any scheduled monument which could be set alight by the fire;\n(v) any stack of hay or straw;\n(vi) any accumulation of combustible material other than crop residues removed in the making of a fire-break;\n(vii) any mature standing crop;\n(viii) any woodland or land managed as a nature reserve;\n(ix) any building or structure containing livestock;\n(x) any oil or gas installation on or above the surface of the ground; or\n(d) less than 100 metres from–\n(i) any motorway;\n(ii) any dual carriageway;\n(iii) any A-road;\n(iv) any railway line.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1366/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:02.403394+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}