Protection of archaeological sites and features Deep soil disturbance is avoided Do not cultivate land on archaeological sites
Keep outdoor pigs on archaeological sites
Cultivate land on archaeological sites
Zero tillage
Prevent the spread of weeds, shrubs, saplings or scrub to avoid damage by roots
Do not sub-soil or mole-plough
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Do not grow root crops, maize or energy crops
Use shallow cultivations (max depth of 10 cm)
Minimal tillage
Reduce soil erosion from arable fields Increase soil organic matter on arable land Incorporate crop residues Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Do not burn crop residues
Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation
Incorporation of FYM into arable land
Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)
Zero tillage
Minimal tillage
Drain and cultivate peat soils
Decrease surface run-off / increase infiltration Arable land is left with a rough surface following operations such as ploughing, discing or tine cultivation
Improve soil structure on grassland Undertake mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged
Increase soil organic matter on grassland
Loosen compacted soil layers on grassland
Avoid mechanical field operations on grassland when the soil is waterlogged
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Prevent / reduce the creation of flow pathways Avoid tramlines over winter
Tramlines run across slopes where practical not down slopes leading to a watercourse
Cultivate and drill across the slope
Reduce topsoil saturation (waterlogging) Install artificial sub-surface drains
Increase in earthworm population Minimal tillage
Reduce soil compaction Avoid tramlines over winter
Use low ground pressure tyres/wheels on machinery
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Zero tillage
Improve soil structure on arable land Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Undertake mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Loosen compacted soil layers on arable land Shallow spiking, slitting or subsoiling
Avoid mechanical field operations on arable land when the soil is waterlogged
Increase soil organic matter on arable land Incorporate crop residues Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Do not burn crop residues
Include a grass/clover ley during the rotation
Incorporation of FYM into arable land
Reduce soil organic carbon oxidation on arable land Convert grassland to arable (by ploughing)
Zero tillage
Minimal tillage
Drain and cultivate peat soils
Cover crop after harvest through the winter
Reduce overland flow (by barrier) Minimal tillage
Zero tillage
Create grassed strips within arable fields Create beetle banks
Maintain vegetative cover on fields Undersow crops
Create grassed waterways within arable fields
Convert arable land to extensive grassland
Arable land is sown with a crop within 10 days of having been prepared as a seedbed
Cover crop after harvest through the winter
Over-wintered stubbles
Reduced poaching by livestock Regularly change the position of supplementary feeders
Reduce overflows from livestock water troughs Ball-valves on livestock water troughs are damaged and/or not correctly set
Ensure ball-valves on livestock water troughs are not damaged and are correctly set
Avoid unsuitable supplementary feeding
Reduce livestock stocking rates
Protect and preserve scheduled monuments Do not undertake any work resulting in the demolition or destruction of, or damage to, a scheduled monument without consent
Comply with the conditions attached to any consent for work affecting a scheduled monument
Do not undertake flooding or tipping operations on land in, on or under which there is a scheduled monument without consent
Do not make alterations or additions to a scheduled monument without consent
Do not remove or repair of a scheduled monument without consent