10 replies to this topic

[Sunnysouthdevon]

I plan on splitting a large 8 acre field into 3 smaller fields but I want to do it with natural hedging as opposed to fencing the fields off... Do I need to get any form of permission for this or can I just crack on and put the hedging in!

[Greenbeast]

crack on, if anything you'd be applauded and you might be able to find grants to help with the cost

[Sunnysouthdevon]

Grants? Really? I need to look into this ha ha

[Groundhog]

you will need to remap your land as you will now have different size fields as far as the rpa are concerned

[Sunnysouthdevon]

Ok .... Is that a major thing? And how would I go about doing it

[Tom Bombadil]

If you mean how to plant the hedge then look on you tube. Find a tube called '1 - How to plant a country hedge - Ashridge trees'

Thats a good one.

[Sunnysouthdevon]

No not how to plant a hedge..... How to remap the ground

[shepie]

If your land is registered for Rpa payments you will get maps and if you want to make permenant boundary changes ( new fences) you will need to fill out a rle1 form with revised maps
That will give them a good excuse not to pay you for months :-( but it should come soon

[Sunnysouthdevon]

It's not registered for rpa as far as I'm aware so il just have to wait and see I suppose

[Greenbeast]

Yeah i'm not registered either, think we're just shy of enough useable land to be worth it

[Tom Bombadil]

When I looked back on the historic maps of our land, I noticed that there were hedges no longer present. I intend to re-plant those first.

If you can look back on your own you might find that there was a different layout than today. This might not help you in the officious quest here but it might help in other ways.