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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tir-cynnal-wales-regulations-2006/schedule/part-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Tir Cynnal (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tir-cynnal-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1—",
  "heading": "WHOLE FARM SECTION",
  "text": "Conditions to be complied with in relation to the whole of the land under agreement. The conditions are as follows:\nFIELD BOUNDARIES\nRetain all traditional field boundaries (hedgerows, dry stone walls, earth banks with or without stone face, slate fences) and associated features (stone gateposts, stone stiles).\nAny maintenance work undertaken on traditional boundaries should use traditional materials and methods.\nLeave at least 25% of hedgerows including any bank hedgerows untrimmed in any one year, with each hedge being left uncut at least one year out of every four (except where highway and/or health and safety requirements preclude this along roadsides).\nDo not cut hedges between 1 March and 31 August (except where highway and/or health and safety requirements preclude this along roadsides).\nFIELD BOUNDARY BUFFER ZONES\nDo not cultivate, apply fertilisers, lime, herbicides or other pesticides (unless spot treating injurious weeds or invasive alien species such as Japanese knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Giant Hogweed or Rhododendrons, as more particularly specified in Section 1 of the Weeds Act 1959, and any other weeds subsequently prescribed by regulations under the Weeds Act 1959) within a buffer strip of 1m width from the outside edge of the base of a traditional field boundary (on both sides).\nTREES\nRetain individual trees. If possible, encourage natural regeneration to replace lost trees, otherwise replant using saplings of local provenance.\nDo not damage (e.g. by pesticide drift) trees and associated plants and animals\nAny management should follow the guidelines for bats in trees.\nRetain dead trees unless they cause a hazard or obstruction\nPUBLIC ACCESS\nComply with legal requirements relating to existing public rights of way that are on land, including avoiding obstructing them, and reinstating them after ploughing.\nAllow access on foot on land identified as available for such access on the maps prepared by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000\nLANDSCAPE AND HISTORIC FEATURES\nSafeguard archaeological or historic features from damage by stock, vehicles, cultivation or land reclamation. Trees should not be planted nor stones removed.\nMaintain weatherproof and structurally sound traditional buildings in a state of good repair, using traditional materials.\nSound and weatherproof traditional buildings that have been modified using modern materials should be maintained but the modern components may be repaired or replaced with modern materials.\nOther traditional, sound and well maintained landscape features (e.g. sheepfolds, stone slab bridges) must be maintained.\nDerelict or remnant historic features and traditional buildings must be retained unless they cause a hazard.\nDo not disturb protected species that may be using these sites.\nUse of metal detectors must comply with the Treasure Act 1996.\nROCK FEATURES AND LANDFORMS\nSafeguard rock features and geological sites by avoiding physical disturbance. Do not extract rock, scree, sand, shingle, gravel, clay or peat (except from existing quarries for on-farm use) and do not burn vegetation on rocky areas.\nMaintain a 2m buffer zone around rock features without using cultivation, fertilisers, lime, herbicides or other pesticides, (unless for spot treatment of injurious weeds or invasive alien species).\nRUBBISH\nKeep the farm clear of rubbish and avoid dumping rubbish such as derelict vehicles and disused domestic appliances, in the fields or curtilage of the farmstead.\nSOIL AND WATER\nProtect all water features — lakes, ponds, rivers, streams and ditches from damage due to leaching of manure, fertilisers, other chemicals and spray drift from adjacent fields.\nDo not cultivate or apply fertilisers, off-farm wastes, lime, pesticides or other chemicals to land within 1m of a water feature.\nDo not apply farm yard manure or slurry within 10m of a water feature.\nManage the land in order to avoid excessive poaching of the soil to the extent that it impairs the environment beyond the site itself, through run-off and soil erosion leading to pollution and increased sedimentation of watercourses.\nAvoid heavy grazing where this results in the removal of vegetation leading to soil erosion.\nAvoid excessive erosion of the banks of watercourses and pollution of the water by livestock and where necessary control access.\nNON-NATIVE SPECIES\nDo not introduce any non-native animal or plant species, other than for agricultural production, to the land.\nPROTECTED SPECIES\nDo not disturb protected species like dormice, bats, water voles, otters and badgers and consult the CCW or Welsh Assembly Government and obtain any necessary licence before undertaking work where protected species are present.\nANIMAL WELFARE AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION\nComply with the relevant Welsh Assembly Codes for the Welfare of Livestock.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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