# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Dartmoor) Designation Order 1994, Paragraph 1


As regards all land which is the subject of an agreement—
(1) the farmer shall not use land (including ley grassland which has been established for lessthan 10 years) for the growing of arable crops apart from land in such use on 31st December 1993;
(2) the farmer shall not increase existing application rates of organic or inorganic fertiliser. He shall not apply organic fertiliser within 50 metres of any spring, well or borehole that supplies water for human consumption or within 10 metres of any watercourse;
(3) the farmer shall not remove any hedges, walls or banks or any part thereof and shall notplough or apply pesticides or fertiliser on any land within 1 metre of any hedge, wall or bank;
(4) the farmer shall maintain stockproof hedges, walls and banks in a stockproof condition using traditional materials;
(5) the farmer shall not erect any permanent fences, other than for side protection of stockproof hedges and banks, without the Minister’s prior written approval;
(6) the farmer shall retain and manage watercourses, ditches, ponds and wetland (including margins and banks) for which he is responsible by mechanical means;
(7) the farmer shall not construct any new ponds without the Minister’s prior written approval;
(8) the farmer shall not install any new land drainage system or modify any existing land drainage system so as to bring about improved drainage;
(9) the farmer shall retain any existing broadleaved woodland;
(10) the farmer shall retain and manage any individual trees and groups of trees for which he is responsible;
(11) the farmer shall not plant any new woodland or trees without the Minister’s prior written approval;
(12) the farmer shall not increase his existing stocking level or area of supplementary feeding areas in any woodland;
(13) within two years of the start of the agreement, the farmer shall obtain from a person approved by the Minister written advice on the management of existing woodland and on any proposals to plant new woodland;
(14) the farmer shall not remove boulders or rock outcrops;
(15) the farmer shall manage scrub;
(16) the farmer shall undertake any necessary control of bracken 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;
(17) the farmer shall dispose of sheep dip safely. He shall not spread sheep dip where it may affect areas of nature conservation value;
(18) the farmer shall maintain any weatherproof traditional farm buildings for which he is responsible in a weatherproof condition using traditional styles and materials;
(19) the farmer shall not damage, destroy or remove any feature of archaeological or historic interest;
(20) within two years of the start of the agreement the farmer shall obtain from a person approved by the Minister written advice on the agricultural management of known archaeological and historic features;
(21) 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, or planning permission;
(22) the farmer shall ensure that livestock removed from the land do not graze areas of common which are not subject to an agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/710/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-dartmoor-designation-order-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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