# The Set-Aside Regulations 1988, Regulation 9: Requirements in relation to use for non-agricultural purposes


(1) Where a beneficiary has undertaken to use any set-aside land for non-agricultural purposes, that beneficiary shall, until the conversion of that land to use for non-agricultural purposes commences, observe in relation to that land the requirements set out in Schedule 2.
(2) Where a beneficiary has undertaken to use any set-aside land for non-agricultural purposes, that beneficiary shall not use that land for—
(a) the extraction of minerals; or
(b) the erection of any building or other permanent structure with a view to the use of such building or structure for any of the following purposes—
(i) the carrying-on of any industrial process;
(ii) the retail or wholesale sale of goods;
(iii) use as a dwellinghouse, hotel or lodging house or for the purposes of a residential institution of any description;
(iv) use for office accommodation;
(v) use as a storage or distribution centre.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) above, a beneficiary may use set-aside land for the erection of any building or other permanent structure with a view to the use of that building or structure for the purposes of any business of a type specified in the Schedule to the Farm Business Specification Order 1987 where that business is carried on by a person also carrying on a business consisting in or partly in the pursuit of agriculture on the same or adjacent land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1352/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/set-aside-regulations-1988/regulation-9
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