{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-amendment-regulations-1995/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-amendment-regulations-1995/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1708",
  "legislation_title": "The Nitrate Sensitive Areas (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-sensitive-areas-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "ADDITIONAL OPTION",
  "text": "“Option E – conversion of arable land to grassland with woodland\n(i) The farmer shall not apply any nitrogen fertiler to the grassland or land planted with grass seed;\n(ii) the farmer shall not cut the grass between 1st April and 15th July in any year;\n(iii) the farmer shall not allow the grass to be grazed;\n(iv) the farmer shall maintain woodland complying with the conditions of the Farm Woodland Scheme;\n(v) the farmer shall ensure that—\n(a) at least 50 per cent of the woodland is broadleafed species of tree; and\n(b) any conifers planted shall be interspersed with broadleafed species of tree;\n(vi) the farmer shall not plant or maintain alder trees;\n(vii) when planting trees, the farmer shall not remove an area of grass of more than one square metre per tree.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1708/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:06:20.041248+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."
}