# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Breckland) Designation Order 1987, Schedule 1: REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEATHLAND AND DRY GRASSLAND


As regards any heathland or dry grassland which is the subject of an agreement —
(1) The farmer shall maintain heathland and dry grassland and shall not plough, level, re-seed, over-seed, scarify, roll or otherwise cultivate the land.
(2) The farmer shall ensure that the sward is hard grazed but not so as to cause poaching. The farmer shall not graze with pigs or poultry.
(3) Where alternative grazing land is available, the farmer shall exclude livestock from heathland and dry grassland between 15th March and 16th May in any year.
(4) The farmer shall not irrigate.
(5) The farmer shall not apply any organic or inorganic fertiliser.
(6) The farmer shall not apply lime, slag or any substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil.
(7) The farmer shall not apply pesticides.
(8) The farmer shall not apply herbicides except to control nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broadleaved dock or ragwort. The farmer shall control infestations of such weeds by means of cutting or the use of herbicides. Herbicides used for any of the above-mentioned purposes shall be applied by weed wiper or spot treatment.
(9) The farmer shall control scrub and bracken in accordance with a programme agreed in advance with the Minister.
(10) The farmer shall restrict any supplementary feeding of livestock (including the use of mineral licks) to areas agreed in advance with the Minister.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2029/schedule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-breckland-designation-order-1987/schedule-1
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