Environmentally Sensitive Areas Designation Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

2.  The farmer shall not –

(a)undertake ploughing, levelling or reseeding of unimproved land, or any semi-natural grassland;

(b)apply any herbicide, pesticide, fungicide or insecticide on any land other than improved land except spot treatment or weed wiper application of herbicide for control of noxious weeds or with the prior written permission of the Department;

(c)undertake any land reclamation or install new underdrainage or substantially modify the existing drainage system;

(d)apply lime to any habitat other than improved land unless with prior written approval of the Department;

(e)cause severe damage to vegetation by poaching or repeated vehicular access, (including all terrain vehicles) nor graze land with livestock in such numbers as adversely to affect the growth quality or species composition of vegetation (other than vegetation normally grazed to destruction) to a significant degree;

(f)carry out any activity or deposit on, or extract from the land, any article, material or substance in a manner likely to detract significantly from the natural beauty of the land or damage or destroy flora and fauna or materially alter the geological or physiographical features of the land; or

(g)realign, dredge or dam any watercourse nor alter the water levels within any existing water feature without the prior agreement of the Department.