# The Hedgerows Regulations 1997, Paragraph 5: Archaeology and history

Extent: E+W

The hedgerow—
(a) is recorded in a document held at the relevant date at a Record Office as an integral part of a field system pre-dating the Inclosure Acts; or
(b) is part of, or visibly related to, any building or other feature associated with such a system, and that system—
(i) is substantially complete; or
(ii) is of a pattern which is recorded in a document prepared before the relevant date by a local planning authority, within the meaning of the 1990 Act, for the purposes of development control within the authority’s area, as a key landscape characteristic.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1160/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hedgerows-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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