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RULES FOR REMOVING HEDGEROWS, ETC

  • 08-08-2014 8:24am
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    keep going
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    are the rules which say you replace a hedgerow/ditch somewhere else on the farm really workable long term , would a system where the average feild size cannot go above say5 or10 acres be better as now if you take over a farm with alot of small fields its almost impossible to work within the rules


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    farmerjj
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    keep going wrote: »
    are the rules which say you replace a hedgerow/ditch somewhere else on the farm really workable long term , would a system where the average feild size cannot go above say5 or10 acres be better as now if you take over a farm with alot of small fields its almost impossible to work within the rules

    Its a crazy rule but hopefully the genius the dreamed this one up will realise it needs to be changed, there,s more and more red tape does,nt help good farming practice.:(


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    darragh_haven
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    I had to look into this for a dairy farmer I was doing a job for. The planning rules allow the removal of up to a maximum of 500 meters with out planning permission. (Cork Co co)


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    SpaceTime
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    farmerjj wrote: »
    Its a crazy rule but hopefully the genius the dreamed this one up will realise it needs to be changed, there,s more and more red tape does,nt help good farming practice.:(

    I'd say it has more to do with habitat protection than good farming practice. We've managed to hold onto quite a lot of wildlife due to having hedgerows intact.


  • #5
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    darragh_haven wrote: »
    I had to look into this for a dairy farmer I was doing a job for. The planning rules allow the removal of up to a maximum of 500 meters with out planning permission. (Cork Co co)

    That is the case but its the fact you have to replace it with the amount somewhere else is the problem, I took a place afew years back that had 16 acres in 13 fields if I took it now it would be practically useless


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    blue5000
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    keep going wrote: »
    That is the case but its the fact you have to replace it with the amount somewhere else is the problem, I took a place afew years back that had 16 acres in 13 fields if I took it now it would be practically useless

    Sure that is a set of paddocks already set up and ready to go! I planted about 150m of hedge last spring and the lad working for me nearly had a fit. But there is a row of bad sitka to come down which 'poses' as a hedge.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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