Hedgerows are protected and enhanced
Hedgerows are not trimmed during the bird nesting season
Hedgerows are trimmed more often than every two or three years
Habitats are not damaged by cultivation
Create a buffer strip between cultivations and the surrounding environment
Hedgerows are not removed (without permission)
Remove hedgerows
Avoid cutting all hedges on a farm in the same year
Do not trim hedges more than once every two or three years
Hedges should be maintained to a height which is customary to the local landscape (but no less than 1.5 m)
Hedges should have a mixture of heights and widths
Allow saplings to grow into hedgerow trees at intervals (e.g. 4 trees randomly spaced over 200 m) where this fits in with the local landscape character