Made under the Hill Farming Act 1946
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The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
- Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Made under: Hill Farming Act 1946
The 2025 regulations amended the 2021 Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations, lowering peat burning thresholds, updating definitions, adding licensing grounds for research, and removing outdated elements.
The Heather and Grass etc.
Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 amend the 2021 regulations governing vegetation burning on peatland in England.
Key changes include lowering the peat depth threshold for burning prohibitions from 40cm to 30cm, removing the definition of ‘designated site’, introducing a definition of ‘less favoured area’, updating references in the definition of ‘upland area’, modifying licensing grounds to include historic feature protection and research purposes, and removing a licensing ground.
These changes aim to improve environmental protection, streamline regulations, and align with current mapping and policy.