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Cultivation of land

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This General Binding Rule (GBR) applies to the cultivation of land.

Authorisation level

General Binding Rule (GBR)

Rules

Cultivation of land is covered by General Binding Rules. If you intend to carry out this activity, and you comply with the rules set out below, your activity will be authorised. You don’t need to apply to SEPA for an authorisation.

If you carry out an activity under this authorisation you must comply with the rules. It is an offence if you do not comply with the rules.

If you cannot comply with the rules, you will need a different type of authorisation.

General Binding Rule (GBR) for cultivation of land

  1. No land may be cultivated for crops that is—

    1. within 2 metres of any—
      1. river, burn, ditch or loch, as measured from the top of the bank,
      2. wetland, or
      3. transitional water or coastal water, as measured from the shoreline
    2. within 5 metres of any—
      1. spring that supplies water for human consumption,
      2. well or borehole that is not capped in such a way so as to prevent the ingress of water,
    3. waterlogged,

  2. moling of land must not be carried out on slopes that—

    1. have an overall gradient in excess of 4.5°,
    2. slope towards any surface water or wetland,

  3. land must be cultivated in a way that minimises the risk of the introduction of any substance or heat to any surface water or wetland which may give rise to harm to the water environment.

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