# The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Pennine Dales) Designation Order 1992, Paragraph 1


As regards all land which is the subject of an agreement–
(1) The farmer shall maintain grassland and shall not plough, level or reseed it.
The farmer shall not harrow or roll pastures.
(2) The farmer shall not increase his existing application rates of inorganic fertiliser and shall not in any event apply more than 25 kilogrammes of nitrogen, 12.5 kilogrammes of phosphate and 12.5 kilogrammes of potash per hectare per year, or the equivalent in artificial organic fertiliser. He shall make only one application of fertiliser a year.
(3) The farmer shall not apply slurry or poultry manure.
(4) The farmer shall not apply farmyard manure except manure which has been produced on his own farm. He shall not increase his existing application rates and shall not in any event apply more than 12.5 tonnes per hectare per year. He shall make only one application a year.
(5) The farmer shall not apply fungicides and insecticides.
(6) The farmer shall not apply herbicides except to control bracken, nettles, spear thistle, creeping or field thistle, curled dock, broad-leaved dock or ragwort. Herbicides used for these purposes shall be applied by weed wiper or by spot treatment. In the case of bracken, control shall be by means of asulam where it cannot be controlled by mechanical means.
(7) The farmer shall not apply lime or slag or any substance designed to reduce the acidity of the soil.
(8) The farmer shall not cut or spray areas of rushes in pastures.
(9) The farmer shall not graze any grassland so as to cause poaching, over-grazing or under-grazing.
(10) The farmer shall dispose of sheep dip safely and shall not spread it where it may affect areas of nature conservation value.
(11) The farmer shall not install any new drainage system or substantially modify any existing system.
(12) The farmer shall maintain stockproof walls and hedges in a stockproof condition using traditional materials.
(13) The farmer shall maintain any weatherproof field barns for which he is responsible in a weatherproof condition using traditional materials.
(14) The farmer shall not damage or destroy any feature of historic interest.
(15) The farmer shall obtain written advice on siting and materials from the Minister before constructing buildings or roads or before undertaking any other engineering or construction operations 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/55/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-pennine-dales-designation-order-1992/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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