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The Hedgerows Regulations 1997

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2015-03-18

COUNTRYSIDE

These Regulations make provision for the protection of important hedgerows in England and Wales. To facilitate the protection of those hedgerows, the Regulations apply to a wider class of hedgerows, described in regulation 3 (in particular to hedgerows which are 20 metres or more long or which meet another hedgerow at each end and which, in each case, are on or adjacent to land used for certain specified purposes).

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The Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

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The Knottingley Power Plant Order 2015

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The Progress Power (Gas Fired Power Station) Order 2015

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The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

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The Common Agricultural Policy (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015

reg. 14(5)(b)

reg. 1(2)

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The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Strategic Highways Companies) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015

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The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Strategic Highways Companies) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015

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The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Strategic Highways Companies) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015

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The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Strategic Highways Companies) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2015

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The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022

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The East Anglia TWO Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022

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The Little Crow Solar Park Order 2022

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The East Anglia ONE North Offshore Wind Farm Order 2022

art. 6(1)

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art. 1(2)

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The East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

art. 6

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The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

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The Willington C Gas Pipeline Order 2014

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The Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014

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The Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline Order 2016

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The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016

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The Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm Order 2016

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The Triton Knoll Electrical System Order 2016

art. 6(1)

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The Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Order 2017

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The East Anglia THREE Offshore Wind Farm Order 2017

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The Glyn Rhonwy Pumped Storage Generating Station Order 2017

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The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

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The Hornsea Three Offshore Wind Farm Order 2020

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The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009

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The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009

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The Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003

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The Abergelli Power Gas Fired Generating Station Order 2019

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The Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm Order 2021

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The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm Order 2023

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The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013

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The Hedgerows Regulations 1997

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Application of Regulations

4Criteria for determining “important” hedgerows

5Removal of hedgerows

6Permitted work

7Offences

8Replacement of hedgerows

9Appeals

10Records

11Injunctions

12Rights to enter without a warrant

13Right to enter under warrant

14Rights of entry: supplementary provisions

15Local planning authorities as owners of hedgerows

16Application of other provisions of the 1990 Act

SCHEDULE 1ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING “IMPORTANT” HEDGEROWS

PART IINTERPRETATION

PART IICRITERIA

1Archaeology and history

2The hedgerow incorporates an archaeological feature which is—

3The hedgerow— (a) is situated wholly or partly within an...

4The hedgerow— (a) marks the boundary of a pre-1600 AD...

5The hedgerow— (a) is recorded in a document held at...

6Wildlife and landscape

7(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the hedgerow includes—

8The hedgerow— (a) is adjacent to a bridleway or footpath,...

SCHEDULE 2WOODLAND SPECIES

SCHEDULE 3WOODY SPECIES

SCHEDULE 4

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COUNTRYSIDE

The Hedgerows Regulations 1997

Made24th March 1997

Coming into force1st June 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 97 of the Environment Act 19951, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having undertaken the consultations required by section 97(6) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before, and has been approved by resolution of, both Houses of Parliament: