{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-whitlaw-and-eildon-designation-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-whitlaw-and-eildon-designation-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/494",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Whitlaw and Eildon) Designation Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-whitlaw-and-eildon-designation-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The farmer shall prepare and agree with the Secretary of State a farm conservation plan for his land within the designated area. The conservation plan shall identify land and conservation features relevant to the requirements in paragraphs 1 to 14 above and shall contain details of the additional farming operations to be carried out as specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.\n(2) (a) The restoration of dykes, walls, hedges and hedgerow trees to standards consistent with conservation interests;\n(b) the protection of areas of wetland or open water by—\n(i) sowing out adjacent fields not in pasture to permanent grass;\n(ii) not applying lime, fertiliser (except for establishment purposes in the first year of newly sown out grass) or herbicides (except for the control of spear-thistle\n(cirsium vulgare), creeping or field thistle\n(cirsium arvense), curled dock\n(rumex crispus), broadleaved dock\n(rumex obtusifolius)or ragwort\n(senecio jacobaea) by means of weed wiper, spot treatment or hand spraying) to adjacent fields;\n(iii) fencing off areas of wetland and open water as necessary to avoid poaching and other damage;\n(c) if the farmer wishes on fields to be used for arable cropping either—\n(i) the control of spraying of pesticides and herbicides on a border of at least 6 metres width; or\n(ii) the creation of uncropped wildlife strips to allow the natural establishment of plants by—\n(a) ceasing production on a strip of land at least 6 metres wide from all borders of the field;\n(b) cultivating the ground to create a seed bed;\n(c) not applying chemical or organic fertiliser, lime, pesticides or herbicides (except for the control of spear-thistle\n(cirsium vulgare), creeping or field thistle\n(cirsium arvense), curled dock\n(rumex crispus), broadleaved dock\n(rumex obtusifolius)or ragwort\n(senecio jacobaea) by means of weed wiper, spot treatment or hand spraying) or sowing out grass or other seed;\n(d) ensuring that the strip is not materially damaged by the passage of machinery;\n(d) any additional fencing work that may be necessary to implement the requirements specified in paragraphs 4 and 9 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/494/schedule/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:09:39.881351+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."
}