Letting Particulars for Hopesay Hill Craven Arms Shropshire

Letting Particulars

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Grid Reference: SO 39816 83435

Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION ...... 4 2.0 THE HOLDING – HOPESAY HILL ...... 4 2.1 THE LAND ...... 4 2.2 LIVESTOCK ...... 4 2.3 FARM BOUNDARIES ...... 4 2.4 WATER SUPPLY ...... 5 2.5 WOODLAND AND FIELD TREES ...... 5 2.6 BIOLOGICAL VALUE ...... 5 2.7 BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME ...... 5 2.8 AGRI-ENVIRONMENT SCHEME ...... 5 2.9 CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN ...... 6 3.0 GENERAL HOLDING PRESCRIPTIONS ...... 6 3.1 FEEDING AREAS ...... 6 3.2 WATER ...... 6 3.3 HERBICIDES / PESTICIDES ...... 6 3.4 FERTILISERS ...... 6 3.5 PASTURE ...... 7 4.0 THE APPLICANT ...... 7 5.0 THE TENANCY AGREEMENT ...... 8 5.1 TERM ...... 8 5.2 RENT & RENT REVIEWS ...... 8 5.3 END OF TENANCY MATTERS ...... 8 5.4 BPS ENTITLEMENT ...... 9 5.5 RIGHT OF ACCESS ...... 9 6.0 THE LETTING PROCESS ...... 9 7.0 NATIONAL TRUST ...... 9 8.0 VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS AND TENDER PROCEDURE ...... 10 8.1 VIEWINGS ...... 10 8.2 TENDER PROCEDURE ...... 10 9.0 DATES TO REMEMBER ...... 11 10.0 DISCLAIMER AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ...... 12 10.1 WORKING TOGETHER ...... 12

Appendix

Appendix 1 Boundary plan Appendix 2 Land Management Plan Appendix 3 The National Trust - ‘Playing our Part’ Appendix 4 HLS prescriptions

1.0 Introduction

The National Trust are pleased to be able to offer to let 141 acres of conservation rich pasture land near Craven Arms, South Shropshire. The Trust are looking for the right candidate to maintain and improve this area of land.

Available: March 2018

2.0 The Holding – Hopesay Hill

2.1 The Land

The land, which is outlined in appendix 1, is classified as Grade 3 and Grade 4 agricultural land and is permanent pasture. The area, extending to over 140 acres, has been categorised in to areas of semi-improved grassland, acid grassland and bracken. With small pockets of gorse and semi-natural woodland. The land management plan can be seen in appendix 2.

2.2 Livestock

Mixed stocking would be considered to graze over the land with the option for the tenant to remove livestock from site over the winter.

Stocking density would need to reflect that prescribed in the HLS agreement but also at a sufficient level to maintain bryophyte interest of flushes. We would estimate 0.30 lu / ha (Adult cattle 2 years or older = 1 LU, young cattle 6 months to 2 years = 0.6 LU, sheep older than 6 months = 0.15 LU).

There are no restrictions on the breed of cattle or sheep, but applications based on keeping native and traditional breeds are more likely to be viewed favorably.

2.3 Farm Boundaries

The farm boundaries are a mixture of hedgerows and fences. The successful applicant will be expected to maintain all boundaries in sound tenantable and stock proof order. The boundaries for which the tenant will be responsible will be marked on a plan and will be available on the viewing day.

Currently, some of the boundaries are in need of remedial work and it is proposed that the Trust would offset rent in the first year to contribute to fencing repairs to be undertaken by the incoming tenant. This would be discussed in more detail with the successful candidate.

The Trust reserves the right to plant hedges across the holding. The Trust will maintain newly planted hedges up until the first lay, thereafter they will be the responsibility of the tenant who will be expected to manage them in

accordance with the prescriptions laid out in the tenancy agreement. The Land Management Plan attached at Appendix 2 shows several boundaries which have been identified for hedgerow restoration.

2.4 Water Supply

Water supply is from naturally occurring springs and ponds.

2.5 Woodland and Field Trees

The National Trust will reserve the right to plant additional trees on the holding in the future. All trees within field parcels will be planted with suitable guards. All trees and scrub on the farm are reserved to the National Trust. Deadwood must be left in situ. The successful tenant will be expected to work with the National Trust should any tree planting be supported by the current or a future agri-environment scheme.

2.6 Biological Value

Hopesay Hill includes habitats of high ecological value, including over 24ha of acid grassland, some species rich wet flushes, and a number of veteran trees. The majority of Hopesay Hill is designated as a County Wildlife Site.

The acid grassland is notable for fungi, with 13 species of waxcap recorded including the less common Pink Waxcap. Spring-heads and wet flushes create habitat for some rare species including a Red Data Book/Priority Species liverwort (Marsh Flapwort), and there are records for four Nationally Scarce water beetles. Mature and veteran trees support wood decay invertebrates including the Nationally Scarce Hawthorn Jewel Beetle.

The grassland, trees, hedgerows and gorse scrub also provide habitat for Red Listed birds including Tree Pipit, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Skylark, Mistle Thrush and Song Thrush. Amber Listed birds recorded recently on site include Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler and Common Redstart.

2.7 Basic Payment Scheme

The holding is eligible for Basic Payment Scheme designated as a Severely Disadvantaged Area. As per paragraph 5.4 the new tenant will be expected to maintain entitlements across the holding throughout the tenancy term.

2.8 Agri-Environment Scheme

The Holding is in a Higher Level Stewardship Scheme. This is a legally binding contract with the Department of the Environment Food and Rural

Affairs (DEFRA) and annual payments are paid for maintenance and restoration of species rich grassland, hay meadows, hedgerows and other important ecology and landscape features.

The incoming tenant will be obligated to take on the existing scheme and maintain this to its end date. The HLS commenced in July 2010 and will expire in June 2020. The annual payment is approximately £5,800 p.a. The HLS option prescriptions are attached at Appendix 4 and the full agreement will be available at the viewing day. Please note that for the duration of this HLS agreement additional land management restrictions will be required in accordance with this scheme and the options in place.

2.9 Conservation and Land Management Plan

A summary of the National Trust’s conservation and land management objectives is detailed in the Plan attached at Appendix 2. Applicants would be expected to demonstrate how they would make this work within their tender application form and supporting information.

3.0 General Holding prescriptions

3.1 Feeding Areas

Supplementary feeding is restricted in the HLS agreement and no ring feeders will be permitted anywhere on the holding.

3.2 Water

It has been identified that the pond will need fencing out from stock, although a drinking area will be maintained there. The tenant will be expected to undertake ditch management across the holding and this will be agreed with the National Trust. There are private water supplies arising on the holding.

3.3 Herbicides / Pesticides

Across pasture land whole field application by boomed sprayer are not permitted without express written consent from the National Trust.

Herbicide applications are permitted for the control of invasive / problem weeds (nettles, docks, ragwort, spear thistle and creeping thistle). Control must be carried out using an approved produce applied by means of weed wiper or spot treatment only.

3.4 Fertilisers

No inorganic or organic fertilisers are to be used across the holding

3.5 Pasture

All land designated as permanent grassland is permanent pasture and is to be maintained as such with no ploughing, reseeding, draining or levelling permitted unless in agreement with The National Trust.

4.0 The Applicant

We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative tenant whom we can work with to achieve our objectives for this holding. Due to the size of the holding, we anticipate that this will attract somebody that will run this land alongside an existing farm business or a small standalone farming enterprise.

The applicant needs to have a good understanding and appreciation that conservation and environmental enhancement are the key objectives. An interest in conservation land management is therefore essential and we will expect tenders to reflect the natural constraints of the holding and its conservation value.

The incoming tenant will be expected to work with the National Trust to address the objectives set out for the conservation and land management of the holding and be willing to share experience with other Farmers and Trust Staff.

Public access across the holding is important. A public footpath which forms part of ‘The Shropshire Way’ runs through the land. National Trust will reserve the right in the tenancy agreement to create or change permissive access across the holding following discussion with the tenant.

An understanding of the requirements and responsibility of running a farm business and its associated administration is expected.

Applicants will need to be familiar with the Code of Good Agricultural Practice, Cross Compliance and relevant agricultural support schemes and how to implement them. Traditional or rare breed livestock husbandry experience and an involvement with adding value to produce would be beneficial.

5.0 The Tenancy Agreement

Prior to the commencement of the tenancy, the National Trust and the successful applicant shall complete a Notice of Creation in respect of Hopesay Hill in accordance with S.1(4) of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995. Copies of the National Trust standard Farm Business Tenancy agreement will be available for inspection on the viewing day or by separate appointment. It will be assumed that all applicants have inspected the agreement and agree to the provisions therein. Applicants should note the National Trust’s objectives for nature conservation and landscape protection.

The Tenant will be required to personally farm the holding. Sub-letting, share farming or taking in livestock belonging to another person is not permitted.

Within one month of being formally offered the tenancy of Hopesay Hill the successful applicant will be required to sign a tenancy agreement drafted under the provisions of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 (as amended).

5.1 Term The holding is offered to let from 25th March 2018 (or a date to be agreed) on a term of 10 years with a break clause for both parties at the end of year 3.

5.2 Rent & Rent Reviews

The rent should be tendered as a fixed sum on a pounds per annum basis for the first three years. Within the tenancy agreement there is the provision for a rent review at the end of year 3 based on the provisions of the Agricultural Tenancies Act (as amended) 1995.

The rent will be paid quarterly in advance on 25th December, 25th March, 24th June and 29th September each year. It is a condition of the tenancy agreement that Rent payments are made by direct debit. The Tenant will therefore be required to complete a direct debit mandate at the same time as signing the tenancy agreement.

5.3 End of Tenancy Matters

Further details will be confirmed at the viewing day.

The incoming tenant will not have a right to claim for dilapidations.

5.4 BPS entitlement

The expectation is that the incoming tenant will have or seek to purchase and manage the farm with the benefit of BPS entitlement and that the farm business plan would reflect this.

5.5 Right of Access

Specific rights of access in favour of the National Trust (and its contractor) and permissive rights as granted by the National Trust will be reserved across the Holding.

6.0 The Letting Process

The Trust does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender. The information contained in these particulars is given in good faith, but cannot be guaranteed; applicants should therefore assure themselves of the accuracy of any of the information contained herein by making their own enquiries.

The Trust will not accept tenders from any applicants who have not visited the farm on the official viewing day. Tender forms will be made available to interested applicants on the viewing day.

These particulars do not form any part of a contract, or any offer of a contract.

7.0 National Trust

The National Trust is an independent charity funded by its four million members. We are one of Europe’s leading conservation bodies and one of the UK’s largest landowners managing over 255,000 hectares of land for the benefit of the nation. We work with over 2,000 tenants who manage 60% of our land holding as whole farms.

The Trust manages land for a range of reasons from the protection of historic landscapes and features to creating and managing wildlife habitats. We are committed to providing opportunities for public access and the production of wholesome affordable food.

The National Trust has an ambitious strategy for the next decade which is outlined in ‘Playing our Part.’ (See Appendix 3). Part of this strategy is focused on a healthier, more beautiful natural environment and this underpins all of our objectives set out for Hopesay Hill.

8.0 Viewing Arrangements and Tender Procedure

8.1 Viewings

The viewing day is Tuesday 23rd January from 10:00 am to 3:00pm.

Potential applicants are requested to contact The National Trust, Attingham Consultancy Hub, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4TP.

Telephone: 01743 708100 or Email: [email protected] if they wish to attend the viewing day.

Simon Howard (Estate Manager), Richard Wheeldon (Food and Farming Adviser) Sarah Jiggins (Assistant Rural Surveyor) and Andrew Perry (Ecologist) will be available on the day to conduct the viewings and answer any queries. Interested parties are free to view the land unaccompanied on the viewing day.

Specific queries in regard to the letting will be referred to Sarah Jiggins, Assistant Rural Surveyor on 01743 708105 [email protected]

All applicants are expected to carry a set of particulars with them whilst on the farm.

8.2 Tender Procedure

The tenders must be submitted on the appropriate application forms and these should be signed and sent to;

Sarah Jiggins Attingham Consultancy Hub Attingham Park Shrewsbury Shropshire SY4 4TP by 12 noon on 2nd February 2018 marked ‘Hopesay Hill’ Tender: Private & Confidential’.

Any relevant additional information should be included by the applicant. Tenders received after the closing date will not be considered.

Applicants are encouraged to fully explain their proposals for the holding and must complete full budgets and cash flow sections of the application form. Applicants must be willing to provide further details of their financial resources if requested.

Applicants must note that they are submitting their tenders on the

understanding that they are willing and able to sign the tenancy agreement within 1 month of notification that their tender has been accepted.

All tenders must be a specific sum and escalating or accumulating tenders will not be considered.

Please note that The National Trust is not giving a ‘guide rent’ for Hopesay Hill. It is up to Applicants to assess the holding for themselves and reach their own tender rent.

The National Trust reserves the right to request guarantors if appropriate.

8.3 Interviews

Applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of their tenders and those shortlisted will be notified by post and/or telephone to be invited for interview. A provisional date of 14th February 2018 has been confirmed. The interview will be held at The Attingham Hub, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury. A further shortlist will be drawn up following this interview and those applicants on the shortlist will be selected for a second interview. These will be held either at the prospective Tenant’s current holding or by arrangement on an individual basis but these will be during the week commencing 19 February 2018.

9.0 Dates to Remember

Viewing Days: Tuesday 23rd January

Tender Submission Date: Friday 2nd February 2018

Interview Date: 14th February 2018

2nd Interviews: Week beginning 19th February 2018

10.0 Disclaimer and Miscellaneous Notes

The National Trust gives notice that: - The particulars are set out as a general outline for guidance and do not form or constitute part of an offer or contract. - All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and use are in good faith and are believed to be correct at the time of writing, but any applicant should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact and must satisfy him/herself by personal inspection of otherwise of the correctness of each item. - No responsibility can be accepted for any expense incurred by an applicant in inspecting the property and preparing submissions,

10.1 Working together

The Trust wishes to work closely in partnership with the new incoming tenant to ensure a successful relationship. As part of our commitment to this, there will be at least two formal meetings each year between the Trust staff and the incoming tenant to review progress, address any tenancy issues from both sides, including monitoring of responsibilities and future planning. These dates would be set in advance and would be in addition to the many other informal meetings that a partnership will bring.

Appendix 1 - Boundary Plan

N Land at Hopesay Hill Scale 1: 9,500

Legend

Definitive Properties (GB) NT Ownership (GB) NT Leasehold (GB)

0.38 0 0.19 0.38 Kilometers Date: 25-Sep-2017 This map was created using British_National_Grid © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Ordnance Survey 100023974 the National Trust GIS Browser Appendix 2 Version 3 Hopesay Hill Land Management Plan, May 2017 Treat thistle in Mixed grazing of cattle and sheep lower field will be considered, but poaching Sections of gorse to be cut on rotation of wet flushes will need to be monitoried. Ideally, stock will be B taken off, or numbers reduced, in Pond may require fencing winter off if cattle are grazing (or install drinking bay) Bracken control to be undertaken. B Cutting into some areas of bracken Restore fenceline B to create a habitat moasic would to green lane be desirable. More trees within bracken would be beneficial

Trees within bracken to be retained for their ecological value. Some planting of hawthorn is required to replace veteran thorns in the future B Restore boundary Diverse area of wood pasture with wet flushes, hedgerow including potential habitat for fritillary butterflies. and protect veteran Retain and expand this habitat on lower slopes. B hawthorns/crab apple

Greater potential for grassland B B restoration in areas where B B B Protect wet flushes bracken is thinner to south B B B B B B B B Reptile presence B Consider heather needs to be B seeding in scrapes considered B B

Legend B Habitats (boundaries indicative) Acid Grassland B Continuous Bracken B Gorse B Plantation Woodland B B B B Pond B B Semi-improved Grassland Semi-natural Woodland B Wet flush Woodland creation in dense B Scattered Trees bracken Hedgerows

0 50 100 200 300 400 © Crown copyright and database rights 1:6,000 (Scale @ A4) Meters ¯ 2017 Ordnance Survey 100023974 Playing our part

What does the nation need from the National Trust in the 21st century? 1 Contents

3 Special places in the 21st century 8 Our strategy 10 Looking after the nation’s special places 12 A healthier, more beautiful natural environment 16 Experiences that move, teach and inspire 21 Helping look after the places where people live 24 People 27 Making it happen

‘Our 21st century ambition is to meet the needs of an environment under pressure, and the challenges and expectations of a fast-moving world. We want to continue to maintain the highest standards of care for everything we look after, while working in a way that feels relevant and necessary to people and their day-to-day lives. Finally, we want to equip everyone in the Trust with the skills and resources we need to do our jobs with ease and confidence, and feel proud of our work. This strategy explains how we will do that.’

Helen Ghosh, Director-General Right Hambledon Hill, Dorset. 2 3 ‘The need of quiet, the need of air, Special and I believe the sight of sky and places in the of things growing seem human needs, common to all.’ 21st century

Octavia Hill, Founder

The National Trust was founded on the simple and enduring idea that people need historic, beautiful and natural places. They offer us perspective, escape, relaxation and a sense of identity. The natural world also gives us fresh air, clean water and clear seas. In 2014, there were 55 million visits to historic sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and an estimated three billion to coast, countryside and parks. More people than ever before visited the places we look after; there were more than 20 million visits to our houses, parks and gardens and an estimated 200 million to our countryside and coast. Taken together, we think this shows how much people continue to enjoy and value The facts historic, beautiful and natural places today.

There were over Left Walker at the top of Dale Head, Lake District, Cumbria

Below Visitors in the gardens at 55 million Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. visits to historic properties and attractions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2014 42% of people in England visited the natural environment in the past seven days (MENE survey, Natural England, 2014) 60% of species have declined in the last 50 years (State of Nature, RSPB and others, 2014) 4 5

• History, beauty and nature can offer an escape Despite this, these and a way to make sense of a rapidly changing world. At their best, experiences of heritage places are under sites and the countryside offer connection and understanding. We want to do more to help greater threat than people interpret the world around them through their experiences of the places we ever before look after. We see three profound challenges: • People love and enjoy local green space and heritage on a daily basis. Local and national • Too often over the last 70 years, farming government has protected many of those practices have put short-term production everyday places, but we are entering a new era ahead of the long-term health of the land and where public funding is much reduced. The the natural environment. Wildlife has future care of and access to the local places we disappeared from our fields and hedgerows, rely on is uncertain. The need for new, over-worked soils wash out to sea and towns innovative ways to look after local, everyday and villages flood. A changing climate will bring historic and beautiful places is a challenge that even greater challenges. We need to find a new charities, government, business and way to manage land. communities need to address together. This doesn’t mean that there’s not much to celebrate. Many important landscapes and historic buildings in Britain are recognised as important and are well protected. Visits to heritage sites and countryside go up and up. But we are deeply concerned about the pressure these places will come under in the next ten years and we’re looking for solutions.

Right This satellite image, taken Below View of the storm-damaged cliffs on 16 February in 2014, shows and beach at Birling Gap, East Sussex, how soil is washed off our pictured here in February 2014, fields and out into the sea. with demolition work seen taking Photograph: NEODAAS/ place on vulnerable clifftop buildings. University of Dundee 6 7

The Library at Stourhead, Wiltshire. ‘We face many challenges in the years ahead, and big questions in the historic and natural environment, but we can’t tackle these alone. Our strategy will see us working more collaboratively with a range of partners to explore new approaches and find solutions. We will support where we can and lead where we should.’

Tim Parker, Chairman 8 9 Our strategy

Looking after the places in our • offer experiences that move, teach and inspire care now and in the future is our - raise the standard of presentation and first responsibility. But our strategy interpretation at all the places we look after is also about how we rise to the - make our outdoors experience better for all ages and needs big challenges of the 21st century - innovate the experience people have at the and how we work with others to places we look after find solutions. - explore and reveal our cultural heritage through events and exhibitions After all, the health of the countryside, protection of heritage and the wellbeing of • help look after the places where people live people living in towns and cities is where the - find new solutions for managing local National Trust started. green space - celebrate local heritage and equip communities to care for it We will: - engage in shaping good housing and • play our part in restoring a healthy, beautiful, infrastructure development natural environment - develop and share new economic models None of this is possible without the support of for land use staff, volunteers, members, donors and visitors. - work with our tenants to improve all land Over the next ten years, we’ll do more to help to a good condition members enjoy their membership more; help - work with others to conserve and renew staff feel more confident and build expertise; the nation’s most important landscapes ensure volunteers feel that their skills are - champion the importance of nature in our recognised and opportunities to do more exist. lives today

Left People walking, with Worms Head in the distance, Gower Peninsula.

Right Night Run at Osterley Park, Middlesex 10 11

We will always try to conserve, To look after the historic and outdoors places in our care costs a minimum of £100 million each protect and provide access to year. It’s a huge undertaking and our approach is Looking after the coast, countryside, historic homes becoming more professional. We have identified and gardens to the highest the individual needs of all the places we look after and will be spending an additional £300 standard. Looking after these million over the next ten years to clear a backlog places for ever is a great of conservation work. We will do more to nation’s special places responsibility, one that wouldn’t support our people – curators, rangers, surveyors and many more – to give them the be possible without skilled staff skills needed to look after historic and natural and volunteers and the support places in the 21st century. To make all this of members and donors. possible we have changed the way we fund properties, making sure the money goes where the need is greatest. ‘Before its restoration the house and gardens at Climate change poses the single biggest threat Mount Stewart were at risk of steadily fading to the places we look after. So we’re actively away. Our real challenge was to retain the spirit adapting, managing coastal change and the of this special place, but thanks to £7.5 million impacts of severe weather. We also want to and three years of hard work from a team of 186 continue reducing our energy use – a 20 per people and 50 volunteers, we did it and it’s all cent reduction by 2020 with 50 per cent coming been worth it. from renewable sources on the land we look But, in many ways the work is just beginning. after. Our renewables programme is proving We have just acquired 364 hectares (900 acres) that energy can be produced in a way that works of the wider demesne thanks to £4 million from with the landscape, not against it. our supporters. One of the biggest challenges will be to carefully open up this exceptionally ‘I have a deep love of the coast. It’s a place that beautiful intact demesne for our visitors to enjoy. I feel a great affinity with and Formby where I’m It is an ever evolving property with an ever based means a lot to me, a place where evolving story which is something that really generations of my family have been visiting. excites me.’ The coast is a place of huge change, yet that pace of change is accelerating with greater erosion and flooding. That is why having a clear plan for managing the coast is so important.’ Jon Kerr, General Manager, Mount Stewart, County Down

Kate Martin, Lead Ranger, Formby , Merseyside

Left Gardener on a Below Visitors learning cherry-picker clipping about the ancient the hedging at footprints found in silt Powis Castle and Garden, beds on the shoreline at Powys, in August. Formby, Merseyside.

The garden at Mount Stewart, County Down. 12 13

Millions of people love spending ‘Nature plays a central role in my life. Like time in the outdoors, for millions of people I need a daily dose of wild recreation and refreshment. It is a nature and yet the very future of the places and A healthier, more species that we love are under huge pressure. chance to appreciate the beauty, Loss of habitat is leading to the loss of some our colour and song of the natural most loved species and with this the complex world. Beyond that, nature web of life, colour and song is damaged. In beautiful natural supports us in countless ways, addition, the impact of climate change means that we need to act now for the sake of the birds, from flood protection to storing the birches and the bees and also for our own harmful carbon. We can’t take it health and wellbeing .’ environment for granted. The threat posed to the natural world is well documented and keenly felt. A third of the population and half of our members are already concerned about the environment. Gwen Potter, We know we need to act if we are to leave a Area Ranger, Ceredigion healthier environment for our children and our children’s children.

‘Together with the Lake District National Park Partnership, we want to do more to lead the future of land management in one of Britain’s most important landscapes. We will review how all the land in the national park is managed now and, based on that evidence, develop a plan that ensure people can carry on enjoying the Lakes well into the future – whether extending wild The facts areas, re-coursing rivers or maintaining the rich, cultural landscape we see now.’ Survey by YouGov of a representative sample of the population for the National Trust in autumn Michael Innerdale, 2014 found that: Assistant Director (Operations), 87% Lake District Hub believed that ‘avoiding the loss of animals and plants from the countryside’ was very/fairly important. 86% believed that ‘ensuring that farming looks after nature, whilst also producing food’ was very/fairly important. 86% Right National Trust wardens believed that ‘encouraging and volunteers maintaining dry-stone walls around the children to spend more time in campsite in Wasdale, Cumbria. the outdoors and with nature’ Left Small tortoiseshell was very/fairly important. butterfly on Tithonia, Attingham Park, Shropshire. 14 15 Here is what we will do: Case study • Landscape conservation is not a new idea but more effort is needed to make it happen in 50 things to do practice. We will work with farmers, conservation organisations, public and private before you’re 11¾ landowners to deliver more projects; long-term Children are three times as likely to go to and more ambitious projects to restore hospital for falling out of bed as falling out of a important and compromised landscapes. tree. That’s one of the insights into how children’s Like most farmers, we and our tenants use experience of the outdoors has changed that our land to produce food and make money. persuaded us to launch our 50 things to do But land management for profit alone isn’t before you’re 11 ¾ campaign. sustainable. We will work with our tenants and The campaign encourages children spend less on the land we manage ourselves to develop time indoors with screens and more time outdoors ways to manage it that are good for people, with nature. In 2014 we distributed over 600,000 nature and the economy. We have a lot to learn. 50 things scrapbooks and to date over 99,000 If we can make progress on our own land, we children have signed up online. Children, and their will share that with others. families, take part in activities from skimming • Millions of people visit our outdoor sites every stones to building a den. year. Many are concerned about the health of This is great for the children and families involved. the environment. We will continue welcoming But the campaign also has a bigger point about the our visitors and giving them a great experience, sort of society we want to live in. If a generation and for those that are interested we will offer grows up without experiencing the outdoors, they more information about nature and the are less likely to value it and to protect it. So our environment and offer more opportunities to campaign is about ensuring that our children’s get involved with us in looking after it. children have the same opportunities as we had.

‘Land has never been under such pressure – we want it to provide us with so much but these benefits can often conflict.

At Hafod y Llan farm on Snowdon we’re showing Left The Weir at Hafod y Llan farm, Snowdon what’s possible, by delivering quality conservation management with renewable energy generation Below Children climbing a tree at Mottisfont, Hampshire. while also providing access for thousands of walkers and food for the nation. We have to make tough decisions and break new ground to make our land fit for the future, but we’re ready for the challenge.’

Keith Jones, Environmental Practices Advisor for Wales 16 17 The facts Every year over the last decade has seen more people going more often Experiences The Taking Part survey by to countryside, museums, galleries the Department for Culture, and historic buildings. At their best, Media and Sport found that: these places offer a connection to history, beauty and nature, and a that move, teach different perspective on the world 72% around us. of adults visited a heritage site We want to improve the experiences people at least once in the previous have with the places we look after, whether and inspire 12 months (in the year to historic houses or the coast and countryside. September 2014) We want experiences to be stimulating and rewarding —adapting for new audiences and technology. We think we can do better at making visits interesting and relevant as 52% well as enjoyable. of adults visited a museum or gallery in the last year ‘Historic houses are quite unlike museums in that (between October 2013 their significance is in the whole, and not just in and September 2014) their parts. They are laid down over time by successive occupiers, like seams of coal. While we should celebrate their survival, this is not enough. We want our visitors, our supporters to understand our love for places as much as we do. We should continue to seize the opportunity for finding relevance for our visitors. Relevance is about revealing contemporary currency in places and things, and providing pleasure, fun and an enthusiasm for learning. While in some places, dynamism can come through the way we encourage people to experience them, in others we need new presentations, uses beyond just looking at them, to reveal their spirit of place.’

James Grasby, Curator, South West

Left Visitors in the Withdrawing Chamber at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.

Below Visitor studying paintings at Kingston Lacy, Dorset. 18 19 Here is what we will do: Case study • We will invest in major changes at the most visited places to transform how we tell the Dunham Massey story of why the place mattered in the past and matters now. is the Stamford • We will develop an ongoing series of events and exhibitions that provoke people to think Military Hospital differently about history, identity and the In 2014 and 2015 we transformed the Edwardian world today. interiors of Dunham Massey back into the auxiliary hospital it had been in the First World • We will make the experience of our outdoor War. We used new archival research to re-create sites easy and exciting for all ages and needs, what the house looked like and tell the stories of such as cycle trails for families or hosting the 282 soldiers who recovered here and the triathlon events in national parks. nurses who cared for them. • We will encourage all places to be bold and Transforming Dunham Massey was a new innovative in how they develop– creating an approach for the National Trust. Rather than experience that reveals something new every presenting the house as a family home, complete time you visit. with centuries of furnishings, we chose a very small but important moment in time. Original letters, photographs, diaries, recordings and surviving objects helped us piece together the real events that happened when a country home became part of the war effort. The centrepiece of the exhibition was the re-creation of the Saloon as a ward, and the Grand Staircase as the surgery.

Below Young visitor looking at a painting at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire.

Right Re-creation of the Stamford Military Hospital ‘operating theatre’, at the bottom of the Grand Staircase at Dunham Massey, Cheshire. 21 The facts Helping look 45% of local authorities are considering selling or passing on management of green spaces to others after the places (State of UK Public Parks, Heritage Lottery Fund, 2014) 34 million where people live people make regular visits to their The places that matter most Here is what we will do: local park and 68% of those feel it is an essential or important part of their are often those closest to home • We will help find innovative new ways to manage quality of life (State of UK Public Parks, where we spend our time living local parks and heritage. If the old way is broken, Heritage Lottery Fund, 2014) and working. we will play a part in finding the new way. • We will explore and give support to local Half of all visits to the outdoors are to local authorities, charities and communities in how to parks. And it follows that local green spaces manage local heritage and green space, drawing and heritage have a huge impact on how we on our own experience of the day-to-day feel about the places we live. The 2014 Heritage maintenance of green spaces and heritage Open Days saw three million visits to local heritage sites over one weekend. This is where • We will promote the importance of local heritage our founders, particularly Octavia Hill, started and green space, taking a leading role in Heritage – protecting and improving the quality of the Open Days celebrating why these places matter places people live. and how people can help look after them. These places matter but we don’t often stop and think about how they are looked after. Local ‘Thanks to funding from The National Lottery authorities and small charities – often funded by and Nesta we are leading a project to explore public money – do a great job in caring for these whether it’s possible to create an endowment places. But deep and long-lasting budget cuts which will generate enough revenue to look mean many are struggling to cope. At the same after an entire city’s public parks network, for time, the need for more houses and better ever. This would help protect parks from current infrastructure is putting pressure on the places and any further cuts in local authority funding. people live. We’re working with Sheffield City Council to test this thinking in a ‘real world’ situation.’ ‘We do not want to end up looking after our beautiful oases amid a landscape scarred by poor development or sold off for lack of funding. People tell us how much they value their local park or local landmark but they fear for their future. The National Trust was in fact founded Harry Bowell, to help look after such much-loved places’ Director of Midlands

Simon Murray, Senior Director for Strategy, Curatorship and External Affairs

Left Visitors in the garden at Speke Hall, Liverpool. 22 Case study The facts

Heritage Open Days Heritage Open Days take place over Heritage Open Days is the largest festival of four days every September heritage in the UK. Last year, three million visitors enjoyed free access to nearly 5,000 local heritage events and venues. And 40,000 volunteers made it happen. Founded on the principles of free entry, 4,665 wider access and local creation and curation, events in 2014 Heritage Open Days is now in its 21st year. In 2014 nearly half of visitors were coming to a heritage site for the first time. 3 million The National Trust plays a leading role in Heritage visitors Open Days and this year we will be looking to forge new partnerships that help us to deliver even more engaging and relevant experiences. It is about heritage for all but it is also about empowering local 40,000 communities, councils, civic societies, local interest volunteers make it happen groups, homeowners and general volunteers, to come together to share their history and heritage. The Heritage Open Days partnership is funded by Historic England and the People’s Postcode Lottery

Right Visitors at a Heritage Open Day event at Dyrham Park, South Gloucestershire.

Below Girl exploring inside the house at Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate, Norfolk. 24 25 The facts People tell us that over the last For members and supporters decade we’ve become much more • More welcoming. We will continue to make People welcoming. As a charity that looks ourselves more welcoming: more convenient after places for everyone to enjoy – and consistent opening hours, more flexible ways 4.2 million to pay for membership, and more and better that’s very important. We want to information based on personal preferences. members build on that. • More meaningful. We will talk more clearly All of this is possible because of our staff and about the full range of what we do and how 60,000 volunteers. We have over 10,000 dedicated people can get more involved in our cause. and skilled staff, who are proud to work for us. volunteers In 2015, we were recognised as the 50th best For volunteers not-for-profit employer in the UK. We are • On your terms. We will find new and more incredibly lucky that, alongside our staff, varied ways for people to volunteer to fit 10,000 more than 60,000 volunteers give their time, their schedules and timings. energy and skills to helping our cause. staff • Dev eloping skills. Volunteers join us with To all our staff and volunteers, and everyone existing skills and a desire to learn more: that supports us – thank you. we will do more to give them the opportunity to do so. ‘To me, when I come up here and I come up here For staff every other day, it’s a bit like some people would feel going into St Paul’s Cathedral. It has a sort of • Better systems. We are making sure we definite good and strong presence. have up-to-date systems so staff and volunteers can spend more time focusing When you’re up here and there’s nobody else on visitors and conservation. around and you’re sat on the top of the hill looking at the land around you, you feel sort of very • Better training. Our expertise and privileged to be here. And just playing some small professionalism should be first class to part in looking after it that way is a good feeling.’ ensure we achieve world-class standards. • Dynamic culture. Innovation and flexibility will be our watchwords to ensure we’re always offering something new to our visitors.

Jerry Broadway, Volunteer, Hambledon Hill, Dorset Left National Trust Surf Ambassadors volunteering to help clear scrub at Sandy Mouth, Cornwall.

Below Child on a bike in the garden at Belton House, Lincolnshire. 26 27 Case study Friendlier systems Making it We are running a three-year transformation happen programme that is turbo-charging our new strategy. New systems will help us understand our members better and tailor our communications to talk about what they like. New tills at properties will reduce annoying queues. Better finance processes Our strategy is ambitious. It has will free up time previously spent on everything you would expect administration. from a National Trust strategy – A new website will make it easier for people excellence in conservation and a to find out about our places and our cause. continued focus on making visits to This is a major overhaul of everything that gets in the way of people having a great our places welcoming and inspiring. experience with us. The combination will But it goes beyond that and calls on the National raise much needed income and reduce our Trust to play its part in new ways: achieving a costs, all helping ensure we meet our step change in how we look after our own conservation aims. countryside, and reaching out to partners and communities beyond our boundaries to meet the challenges we face at this moment in our history. ‘The biggest benefit will be the time the new This is a long-term commitment, for the benefit tills will save us all. Time we will be able to of generations to come: we describe it as a use more wisely. Time we can use to engage ten-year strategy, but we know that many of with our visitors, find out more about them our changes will take thirty years or more. and how we can help them enjoy their day; you know – all that fun stuff…’ It is also a demanding strategy. Just meeting our annual conservation needs requires us to maintain a healthy annual operating profit of 10 per cent. We can only do more if we are able to pay for it, and to do that we rely on the generosity of our supporters. Extending and Jez McDermott, deepening those relationships over the next General Manager, ten years will allow us to become financially Buckland Abbey, Devon sustainable, and to fund some of the big ambitions set out in this strategy. We will need to become much better at understanding and responding to our members’ needs to do that. Finally, this is a strategy based on people. We need to support our staff and volunteers with systems and processes that allow them to spend more time with visitors and looking after properties. We need to ensure our staff and volunteers have the right skills, and opportunities to learn new ones, to support our ambition to be world class at what we do. And we need to create a culture which is both more demanding and dynamic but also where everyone feels proud to work. The National Trust has always responded to the challenges of the time. I believe our founders would be proud of our ambitions and the part we plan to play. Helen Ghosh, Director-General

Above Children playing Frisbee in the Visitors and staff at reception garden at Buckland Abbey, Devon. at Low Wray campsite, Cumbria. 28 29 The National Trust

We are a charity founded in 1895 The National Trust looks after: 4.2 million members by three people who saw the Over 257,082 hectares (635,265 acres) 20 million paid-for-entry visits a year importance of our nation’s heritage of land and open spaces and wanted to protect An estimated 200 million visits to them for everyone to enjoy. 775 miles of coastline our outdoor places The first place bought by the Trust was Over 500 historic houses, gardens 60,000 volunteers Alfriston Clergy House in 1896. It cost £10. and parks, ancient monuments and 10,000 staff 76 nature reserves 1,800 agricultural tenancies 149 museums and 83,000 collections 400 factories and mines (including two gold mines). 61 pubs and inns

Visiting family walking along the clifftop at The White Cliffs of Dover, Kent, on a sunny day in August.

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Front cover Aerial view of Old Harry Rocks in Purbeck, Dorset. Back cover Visitors in the garden below the house at Cragside, Northumberland. ‘My role is all about taking a postcard from the past, bringing it to the present and sending into the future with a conservation stamp on it.’ Andrew Sawyer, Curator, Cragside, Northumberland Appendix 4 Hopesay Hill HLS maps

Appendix 4 - HLS Prescriptions

HC7 - Maintenance of woodland Land parcels and associated features managed under this option: RLR Field Number: SO39838554 Features: T06 Mixed woodland, T08 Native semi-natural woodland

General description of the management required: The aim of this option is to maintain farm woodlands to benefit wildlife and protect and strengthen the local landscape character. It is only appropriate where the woodlands are part of the farmed landscape or part of the management of the agricultural holding (e.g. grazed). The option may require the exclusion or management of livestock. Open areas within the woodland may need to be managed. Tree protection, coppicing or pollarding may be required to maintain or enhance the woodland and these may be funded under HLS capital items.

Indicators of Success • Tree species Oak, Ash and Field Maple should be present at irregular spacings, with an overall canopy cover of between 50% and 100% of the area. • Cover of shrubs Hazel, Hawthorn, Blackthorn and Holly should be between 10% and 100%. • Where present a network of rides and open ground should cover between 10% and 30% of the area. The Landmark Woodland in field SO3983 8554 should be • fenced and free from grazing livestock.

Management Prescriptions; the dos and don’ts of management The following rules apply across the whole area being managed under this option.

• Prevent damage to trees from livestock wild mammals such as deer, grey squirrels and rabbits. This includes damage caused by browsing, bark stripping, rubbing against trees or guards and soil compaction below canopies. • Unless otherwise agreed with your Natural England adviser, all mature or over- mature standing trees and all standing and fallen deadwood must be retained, unless it is a genuine safety hazard. Tree surgery must be limited to that required for the safety of people and livestock. • There must be no application of nutrients such as fertilisers, organic manures or waste materials (including sewage sludge). • Supplementary feeding is not permitted. • There must be no ploughing or other cultivation, reseeding, rolling or chain harrowing. • There must be no new drainage or modification/improvement to existing drainage systems. Existing drains can be maintained.

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HK7 - Restoration of species-rich, semi-natural grassland Land parcels and associated features managed under this option: RLR Field Number: SO40840946 Features: G02 Semi-improved grassland RLR Field Number: SO40841537 Features: G02 Semi-improved grassland

General description of the management required: This option is targeted at grasslands that are potentially rich in plant and associated animal life. They are often on difficult ground and may have suffered from management neglect or they may have been selected for agricultural improvement. The botanical diversity of such grassland may be enhanced by simply amending existing management practices. However, on many sites pro-active restoration management will be required involving introduction of seeds and creation of gaps for their establishment. Substantial changes of livestock type, timing of grazing or control of dominant species may also be required. The option can also contribute to protecting valued landscapes and archaeology, and the promotion of good soil conditions.

Indicators of Success • The extent of the habitats and features of interest within the grassland mosaic as identified in the Farm Environment Plan should be maintained or increased. • The Soil Phosphate Index should be 0 or 1. • By year 5, at least 2 high-value indicator species for Lowland dry acid grassland habitat should be frequent and 2 occasional in the sward. • In all years, populations of nationally rare, scarce or locally significant species should be maintained. • By year 3, cover of undesirable species such as Bracken should be less than 5%. • By year 3, cover of bare ground should be between 1% and 5%, distributed throughout the field in hoof prints or other small patches.

Management Prescriptions; the dos and don’ts of management The following rules apply across the whole area being managed under this option.

• From year 1, manage the sward by grazing and/or cutting to achieve a sward height of between 2cm and 10cm in November. • Well-rotted farmyard manure may be applied at a maximum rate of 12 tonnes/ha every other year to grassland managed as hay meadow, but not within 10 metres of a watercourse. There must be no other application of nutrients such as fertilisers, other organic manures or waste materials including sewage sludge. • Supplementary feeding is confined to the feeding of hay, straw and mineral blocks. Feeders and troughs should not be used. Feeding sites should be moved regularly and never placed on archaeological features. • Control undesirable species such as Creeping Thistle, Spear Thistle, Curled Dock, Broad-leaved Dock, Common Ragwort and Common Nettle so that by year

AG00716770 / Version 5.0 / 26 Sep 2017 / Part 3 / Page 3 of 11 5, their cover is less than 5% of the area. Agree all methods of control with your Natural England adviser. • Do not install new drainage or modify existing drainage systems unless agreed in writing with your Natural England adviser. This includes subsoiling and mole ploughing. • Ploughing, sub-surface cultivation and reseeding are not permitted except as part of a grassland management plan agreed with your Natural England adviser. Chain harrowing or rolling are not permitted except between 15 March and 15 July. • Field operations and stocking must not damage the soil structure or cause heavy poaching. Small areas of bare ground on up to 5% of the field are acceptable. Take particular care when the land is waterlogged.

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HK15 - Maintenance of grassland for target features Land parcels and associated features managed under this option: RLR Field Number: SO39838554 Features: G05 Lowland dry acid grassland - BAP habitat, M01 Grass moorland and rough grazing, M08 Upland flushes, fens and swamps - BAP habitat, SB01 Barn owl, SB02 Bullfinch, SB04 Curlew, SB07 Lapwing, SB08 Linnet, SB11 Skylark, SB12 Snipe, SB13 Song Thrush, SB18 Yellowhammer, SB19 Uncommon Birds, SI01 Uncommon Invertebrates, SL01 Uncommon Lower Plants (e.g. mosses), T01 Ancient Tree, T02 Mature or over mature tree

General description of the management required: This option will maintain semi-improved or rough grassland which is known to provide good conditions for target species and to protect other features, such as historic sites. This option can also be used to maintain moderately species-rich semi- improved grassland, where it lacks the potential to be restored to species-rich, semi- natural grassland (option HK7), but which is identified as a priority in local targeting statements. This option may be applied to grassland Priority Habitat types, but which occur in land parcels that are extensively managed due to topography and location, for example species-rich upland calcareous grassland in large allotments. It may also be used to manage grassland which has limited biodiversity value, but which has been created under a classic scheme for other objectives, such as protection of the historic environment.

Indicators of Success • In all years, populations of nationally rare, scarce and locally significant species should be maintained. • By year 3, cover of bare ground should be between 1% and 5%, distributed throughout the field in hoof prints or other small patches. • In each year fresh gaps/ pathways through bracken stands (that result in the exposure of bracken litter to direct sunlight) should be at least occasional in June and July. • By year 5, at least 2 high-value indicator species for Lowland dry acid grassland habitat or Upland flushes should be frequent and 2 occasional in the sward.

Management Prescriptions; the dos and don’ts of management The following rules apply across the whole area being managed under this option.

• From year 2 onwards, manage the sward by grazing and/or cutting to achieve a sward height of between 5cm and 15cm during April and May (unless the land has been shut for hay) and between 5cm and 15cm in November. • Field operations and stocking must not damage the soil structure or cause heavy poaching. Small areas of bare ground on up to 5% of the field are acceptable. Take particular care when the land is waterlogged. • Do not exceed a stocking density of 0.30 LU/ha between 1 April and 31 May across each field. • Do not apply fertilisers, organic manures or waste materials (including sewage

AG00716770 / Version 5.0 / 26 Sep 2017 / Part 3 / Page 5 of 11 sludge) unless specifically agreed with your Natural England adviser. • Supplementary feeding is confined to the feeding of hay, straw and mineral blocks. Feeders and troughs must not be used. All feeding sites should be moved regularly to minimise damage to soils and vegetation and must never be placed on historic features. Care must be taken to avoid damage by vehicles. Hay may be scattered by hand. Creep feeding of young stock is permitted. • Do not top, roll or harrow between 15 March and 15 July. Do not treat more than 30% of the total grassland area in any one year, and always leave a minimum of 5% tussocks / longer grass. • Ploughing, sub-surface cultivation and reseeding are not permitted. • Do not install new drainage or modify existing drainage systems unless agreed with your Natural England adviser. • Control undesirable species such as Creeping Thistle, Spear Thistle, Curled Dock, Broad-leaved Dock, Common Ragwort and Common Nettle so that by year 3, their cover is less than 5% of the area. Agree all methods of control with your Natural England adviser. • Do not remove or disturb rock and scree. • Retain all standing and fallen dead wood unless it presents a genuine safety hazard. • Graze lightly with sheep, cattle and/or hardy ponies in years 1 to 10, in particular during late winter/early spring and summer to maintain the bracken and grassland mosaic and achieve the indicators. Avoid heavy poaching by managing stock carefully when ground conditions are wet. • In year 1 to 5, follow a programme (agreed in writing with your NE adviser) of rotational Bracken management through cutting, bruising or spraying of dense Bracken stands. Never manage more than 20% of the site in any one year.

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General description of the management required: This option is only available inside the SDAs on land parcels of 15 ha or more above the Moorland Line.

Indicators of Success • There is no increase in Bracken cover above the area shown on the FEP map.

Management Prescriptions; the dos and don’ts of management The following rules apply across the whole area being managed under this option.

• Do not plough, cultivate or re-seed. • Protect permanently waterlogged wetlands, including peat bogs and other mires, and hillside flushes. Do not install any new land drainage or modify any existing land drainage, or remove any peat or sediment from drainage channels. • Leave rocks, scree and mineral spoil in place. • Where you have the legal right to carry out burning, and intend to do so, you must follow the Heather and Grass Burning Code. You may obtain a copy of the Heather and Grass Burning Code (Defra, 2007) from your Natural England regional office or download it at www.naturalengland.org.uk • Do not supplementary feed using silage or other forage wrapped in plastic. Do not use ring feeders or troughs. Move feeding areas as often as required to avoid poaching. Do not feed on or next to archaeological features, steep slopes, footpaths or watercourses. • Do not apply any fertilisers, manures, lime or slag. • Take action to contain bracken and common gorse so that they do not spread to new areas of land, where this is within your control. Wherever possible, control of bracken should be by mechanical means. Otherwise, to chemically control bracken, only an approved herbicide may be used, and care must be taken not to apply it to other ferns. For common gorse, control should be by cutting or burning in manageable blocks. If the land is in a water catchment area or scheduled monument, you must seek consent from the appropriate authority. • Rhododendron and other invasive non-native species must be cut and the stumps treated immediately with herbicide to prevent spread to new areas of land, where this is within your control. At least one follow-up treatment will be required in subsequent years to control the re-growth. • Only apply herbicides to spot-treat or weed-wipe for the control of injurious weeds (ie creeping and spear thistles, curled and broad-leaved docks, or common ragwort).

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General description of the management required: This option is aimed at restoring moorland where not all habitat is in good condition, to benefit upland wildlife, retain historic features and strengthen the landscape character. This option can also promote good soil management, which will reduce diffuse pollution. In addition it may, in the right situation, provide an area of flood storage and some benefits to flood risk management.

Indicators of Success • On areas of upland dry heath, at least 10% of the area of dwarf shrub heath (including sensitive areas) should show no evidence of burning. Where Heather is present, no more than 33% of Heather shoots should show evidence of grazing and flowering Heather plants should be frequent between July and September. The cover of scattered scrub should be less than 20% and cover of Bracken should be less than 10%. Invasive weeds such as Rhododendron, Creeping Thistle, Spear Thistle and Dock species should be less than 1%. • Historic features should have suffered no further degradation. The depth of soil covering the features should be maintained. Detrimental indicators such as burrows, bare patches, scrub growth, poaching and erosion should cover less than 5% of the area.

Management Prescriptions; the dos and don’ts of management The following rules apply across the whole area being managed under this option.

• Follow the requirements set out in the agreed stocking calendar, which gives the minimum and maximum numbers and types of livestock that can be grazed each month. This calendar will be subject to regular review and numbers of livestock may be changed if indicators of success are not being met. • Supplementary feeding is not permitted except under extreme weather conditions and where agreed with your Natural England adviser. Mineral blocks may be fed to help prevent mineral and trace element deficiencies. All mineral block sites should be moved regularly to minimise damage to soils and vegetation and care must be taken to avoid damage by vehicles. • There must be no new drainage or modification/improvement to existing drainage systems. • Do not plough, level, roll, re-seed or chain harrow. • Do not burn, cut or swipe heather, grass or gorse without the prior agreement of your Natural England adviser. • Do not apply fertilisers, organic manures or waste materials (including sewage sludge).

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General description of the management required: This option is aimed at controlling the spread, or removing existing stands, of bracken where it is desirable to do so. This is usually for maintaining or restoring biodiversity value or protecting archaeological sites. Bracken management can also help to maintain and conserve the diverse vegetation mosaic characteristic of local landscapes.

Indicators of Success • By year 10, cover of bracken on grassland and moorland features should be between 2% and 5%.

Management Prescriptions; the dos and don’ts of management The following rules apply across the whole area being managed under this option.

• Control Bracken by cutting or bruising/rolling, or alternatively by chemical control with the further agreement of your Natural England adviser. • Do not carry out chemical control of bracken where spray drift may settle on watercourses, cliffs, ledges, limestone pavement, screes, gills, steep slopes or where important fern species or susceptible communities are present. • Do not undertake any chemical control in water catchment areas without the necessary prior consent from the Environment Agency. • The area treated in each year should be small enough for the agreement holder to be able to carry out any necessary follow-up control using the resources available to them. • Temporary grazing control techniques should be implemented to protect vegetation regeneration where necessary. • Any re-infestation during the term of the agreement should be effectively controlled .

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