Regulation 3 Amendments to regulation 2I1

England and Wales

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “burning season” insert—

““less favoured area” means any area of land shown within the areas coloured pink and blue on the map marked as “Less Favoured Areas (England)”, dated 21 August 2025, held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs but does not include the land coloured pink in the Isles of Scilly;”^f1;

(b)

omit the definition of “designated site”;

(c)

in the definition of “upland area”, for ““Map of Upland Area in England”” substitute ““Less Favoured Areas (England)”, dated 21 August 2025,”.

Annotations

f1: This map is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/heather-and-grass-burning-apply-for-a-licence#check-burn-area-LFA. The map may be inspected upon application to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.