The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Stage IV) Designation Order 2000

Made: 13th November 2000

Laid before Parliament: 14th November 2000

Coming into force: 5th December 2000

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Title and commencement

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Interpretation

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Designation of Stage IV environmentally sensitive areas

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Matters in respect of which payments may be made

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Rates of payment

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Revocation of existing legislation and saving

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SCHEDULE 1 — BLACKDOWN HILLS

PART 1 — DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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PART 2 — CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Management of cultivated land.

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Management of improved permanent grassland.

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Management of low input permanent grassland.

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Management of grassland field margins.

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Management of unimproved pasture and rough land.

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Management of species-rich hay meadows.

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Re-creation and management of heathland.

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In relation to woodland—

• (a) maintenance of existing woodland

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Hedgerow management.

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Hedge and hedgebank restoration.

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The provision of public access routes.

PART 4 — DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 2 — COTSWOLD HILLS

PART 1 — DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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PART 2 — CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Management of improved permanent grassland.

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Management of extensive permanent grassland.

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In relation to cultivated land—

• (a) management of cultivated land

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Wall restoration.

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Hedgerow restoration.

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The provision of public access routes.

PART 4 — DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 3 — DARTMOOR

PART 1 — DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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PART 2 — CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Maintenance of cultivated land.

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Maintenance of improved permanent grassland.

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Maintenance of low input permanent grassland.

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Maintenance of unimproved pasture and enclosed rough land.

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Where maintenance of the kind referred to in item 4 above is undertaken, additional management for the purposes of enhancing biodiversity through the temporary exclusion of livestock.

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In relation to moorland—

• (a) maintenance of moorland

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Re-creation and management of moorland.

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In relation to woodland—

• (a) maintenance of existing woodland

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Hedge management.

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Wall or bank restoration.

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The provision of public access routes.

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Management of any kind referred to in items 1 to 10 above which is undertaken in relation to common land—

• (a) in respect of any period before 1st April 2001

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Management of species-rich hay meadows.

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Enhanced management of heather moorland.

PART 4 — DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 4 — ESSEX COAST

PART 1 — DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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PART 2 — CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Maintenance of permanent grassland.

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Management of wet grassland.

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Management of marshland.

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Reversion of cultivated land to permanent grassland.

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Where management of any kind referred to in item 1 or 4 above is undertaken, additional management for the purposes of enhancing biodiversity through water management, and restrictions on livestock and agricultural activities on grazing marsh.

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Where management of any kind referred to in item 1, 2 or 4 above is undertaken, additional management of water, and restrictions on livestock and agricultural activities for the purposes of enhancing biodiversity by encouraging wildfowl.

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Provision of public access routes.

PART 4 — DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 5 — SHROPSHIRE HILLS

PART 1 — DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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PART 2 — CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Maintenance of cultivated land.

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Maintenance of permanent grassland.

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Management of extensive permanent grassland.

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Where management of the kind referred to in item 2 or 3 above is undertaken, additional management so as to conserve meadowland.

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Where management of the kind referred to in item 2 or 3 above is undertaken, additional management for the purposes of enhancing biodiversity through restrictions on stocking.

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In relation to moorland—

• (a) maintenance of moorland

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Where management of the kind referred to in item 1, 2, 3 or 6(a) above is undertaken, additional management so as to create or enhance wet areas.

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In relation to woodland—

• (a) maintenance of existing woodland

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Hedge restoration

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Management of any kind referred to in items 1 to 9 above which is undertaken in relation to common land—

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The provision of public access routes.

PART 4 — DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 6 — UPPER THAMES TRIBUTARIES

PART 1 — DESIGNATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA

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PART 2 — CAPITAL ACTIVITIES

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PART 3 — MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

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Maintenance of permanent grassland.

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Where management of the kind referred to in item 1 above is undertaken, additional management for the purpose of prohibiting the application of fertilizer within 6 metres of any field boundary.

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Where management of the kind referred to in item 1 above is undertaken, additional management for the purposes of enhancing biodiversity through the exclusion of livestock.

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Management of extensive permanent grassland.

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Where management of the kind referred to in item 4 above is undertaken, additional management so as to conserve meadowland.

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Management of wet grassland.

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In relation to cultivated land—

• (a) reversion of cultivated land to extensive permanent grassland

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Hedgerow restoration

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The provision of public access routes.

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Management of wet grassland.

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Reversion of cultivated land to wet grassland.

PART 4 — DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 7 — ORDERS REVOKED

Blackdown Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation Order 1994

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Blackdown Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999

Cotswold Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cotswold Hills) Designation Order 1994

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cotswold Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1995

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cotswold Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cotswold Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Cotswold Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999

The Dartmoor Environmentally Sensitive Area

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Dartmoor) Designation Order 1994

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Dartmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Dartmoor) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999

The Essex Coast Environmentally Sensitive Area

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation Order 1994

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Essex Coast) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999

The Shropshire Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation Order 1994

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Shropshire Hills) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999

The Upper Thames Tributaries Environmentally Sensitive Area

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation Order 1994

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation (Amendment) Order 1996

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998

• The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Upper Thames Tributaries) Designation (Amendment) Order 1999

Signed

Elliot Morley — Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 9th November 2000

We consent,

Jim Dowd and Clive Betts — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 13th November 2000

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11).

[^f00002]: Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249.

[^f00003]: The provisions in section 18 of the Agriculture Act 1986 concerning Nature Conservancy Councils were amended by Part VII of, and Schedule 9 to, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1994/707.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1996/2106.

[^f00006]: S.I. 1999/2233.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1994/708.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1995/200.

[^f00009]: S.I. 1996/2107.

[^f00010]: S.I. 1998/1800.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1999/2234.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1994/710.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1996/2110.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1999/2236.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1994/711.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1996/2108.

[^f00017]: S.I. 1999/2232.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1994/709.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1996/2109.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1999/2235.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1994/712.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1996/2105.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1998/1803.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1999/2237.

Editorial notes

[^key-79ec947620738677a9d120ce9a03032f]: Order revoked (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), ss. 1(1), 22(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 (with s. 1(3)(4)); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 2 [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']

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