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2025 No. 1000 AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND HILL LANDS The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 Made 8th September 2025 Laid before Parliament 9th September 2025 Coming into force 30th September 2025 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1) of the Hill Farming Act 1946.
Propose a change(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. (2) These Regulations come into force on 30th September 2025. (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Propose a changeThe Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
Propose a changeIn regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) after the definition of “burning season” insert— ““less favoured area” means any area of land shown within the areas coloured pink and blue on the map marked as “Less Favoured Areas (England)”, dated 21 August 2025, held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs but does not include the land coloured pink in the Isles of Scilly;”; (b) omit the definition of “designated site”; (c) in the definition of “upland area”, for ““Map of Upland Area in England”” substitute ““Less Favoured Areas (England)”, dated 21 August 2025,”.
Propose a changeIn regulation 3 (prohibition of burning on peat over 40cm deep except under licence)— (a) in the heading, for “40cm” substitute “30cm”; (b) in paragraph (1)— (i) for “designated site” substitute “site which falls within a less favoured area”; (ii) for “40” substitute “30”.
Propose a changeIn regulation 4 (licensing of burning), in paragraph (4)— (a) in sub-paragraph (a), after “natural” insert “or historic”; (b) in sub-paragraph (c), for “risk” substitute “impact”; (c) omit sub-paragraph (d); (d) after sub-paragraph (c), insert— (e) for research or educational purposes. .
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