SCHEDULEStandards of good agricultural and environmental condition
Meaning of “hedgerow” in paragraphs 10, 11 and 1213
Subject to sub-paragraph (3), paragraphs 10, 11 and 12 apply to any hedgerow growing in, or adjacent to, any land which forms part of the farmer’s holding, if—
a
it has a continuous length of at least 20 metres; or
b
it has a continuous length of less than 20 metres and, at each end, meets (whether by intersection or junction) another hedgerow.
2
Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a hedgerow is also one to which these Regulations apply if it is a stretch of hedgerow forming part of a hedgerow such as is described in sub-paragraph (1).
3
Paragraphs 10, 11 and 12 do not apply to any hedgerow within the curtilage of, or marking a boundary of the curtilage of, a dwelling-house.
4
A hedgerow which meets (whether by intersection or junction) another hedgerow is to be treated as ending at the point of intersection or junction.
5
For the purposes of ascertaining the length of any hedgerow—
a
any gap resulting from a contravention of the Hedgerows Regulations 1997; and
b
any gap not of less than 20 metres,
shall be treated as part of the hedgerow.