Paragraph 1

the farmer shall not use land (including ley grassland which has been established for less than 5 years) for the growing of arable crops apart from land in such use on 31st December 1993;

the farmer shall not increase existing application rates of organic and inorganic fertiliser. He shall not apply any organic fertiliser within 50 metres of a spring, well or borehole that supplies water for human consumption or within 10 metres of any watercourse;

the farmer shall not remove any walls, banks and hedges or any part thereof. He shall not plough or apply pesticides or fertiliser on land within 1 metre of any wall, bank or hedge;

the farmer shall maintain stockproof walls, banks and hedges in a stockproof condition using traditional materials;

the farmer shall agree in writing in advance with the Minister a programme for the restoration of drystone walls. The programme shall include the restoration of a minimum of 0.25 metre of drystone walls per hectare of land with a drystone wall or walls subject to the agreement per annum;

the farmer shall retain and manage individual trees and groups of trees for which he is responsible and shall retain existing broadleaved woodland. Within two years of the start of the agreement, he shall obtain written advice from a person approved by the Minister on the management of existing woodland and groups of trees and on any proposals to plant new woodland or trees;

the farmer shall manage scrub;

the farmer shall carry out any necessary bracken control in accordance with a programme agreed in writing in advance with the Minister. Control shall be by means of asulam where mechanical means cannot be used;

the farmer shall retain and manage watercourses, ditches, ponds and wetland (including margins and banks) for which he is responsible by mechanical means;

the farmer shall maintain any weatherproof traditional farm buildings for which he is responsible in a weatherproof condition using traditional styles and materials;

the farmer shall retain rock outcrops;

the farmer shall not damage, destroy or remove any feature of archaeological or historic interest;

the farmer shall obtain from a person approved by the Minister written advice on the agricultural management of known archaeological and historic features;

the farmer shall not erect any permanent fences, except for backfencing hedges or banks, without the Minister’s prior written approval;

the farmer shall dispose of sheep dip safely. He shall not spread sheep dip where it may affect areas of nature conservation value;

the farmer shall obtain from the Minister written advice on siting, design and materials before constructing buildings or roads or before carrying out any other engineering or construction works which do not require prior notification determination by the local planning authority under the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988^f1, or planning permission;

the farmer shall ensure that livestock removed from the land do not graze areas of common which are not subject to an agreement.