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Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
Find out about the SFI actions for hedgerows, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
English hedgerows will be protected in law as the government sets out its plans for domestic hedgerow regulations, following a consultation last year.
Seeking views on how we can best protect hedgerows and the wildlife they support through English law.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the management of hedgerows option.
Consultation launched to help meet commitment to support farmers to create or restore 45,000 miles of hedgerows by 2050.
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started in 2020.
Guidance on the appeal procedures for hedgerows retention and replacement notices.
Appeal a hedgerow notice - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting standard hedgerow tree item.
Application form for an appeal made against either a hedgerow retention notice or a hedgerow replacement notice made under the Environment Act 1995 section 97.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting new hedges item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow coppicing item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow laying item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow gapping-up item.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started in 2017.
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