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GAEC 6Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)The aim of these rules is to help protect, manage and maintain Sites of Special Scientific Interest(SSSIs) because they are important for rare species, habitats, geology and landscapes.A. You must1. get Natural England’s consent in writing before carrying out, causing or allowing any operationlisted in an SSSI’s legal documents 1 ;2. comply with all management notices 2 served by Natural England or the terms of any restorationorders served by a court.BYou must not1. intentionally or recklessly destroy or damage any of the SSSI’s special interest features, or disturbany fauna that are a special interest feature. This rule can apply to actions that take place outsidethe SSSI itself but which have the same consequences.You will not break any of these rules if you have reasonable excuse 3 to carry out certain operations.These rules apply to all SSSIs. Where the land is also classified as a European site (Special ProtectionArea or Special Area of Conservation) and there is a breach we will also consider the non-complianceunder the relevant requirement (SMR 1) or (SMR 5).Further advice and guidanceFor general information, to find out whether your land is an SSSI, to find out whyan SSSI is of special interest, and to get a copy of the operations requiring NaturalEngland’s consent on an SSSI visit the Natural England website atwww.naturalengland.org.uk, and click on the link ‘Information for > SSSI ownersand occupiers’. To find out why an SSSI is of special interest, follow the above linkand click on ‘Search for SSSI details’ and enter the name of the SSSI into the searchbox and read the ‘citation’. Alternatively, call Natural England on 0845 600 3078.Guidance for Cross Compliance in England: Management of Habitats andLandscape Features (rpa176) is available on our website atrpa.defra.gov.uk/crosscompliance/farmerguidance.Natural England: 0845 600 30781 If you have a management agreement, such as a Higher Level Stewardship agreement, you already have consent for theoperations outlined in that document. Similarly, if you have planning permission or permission from another public body,you do not need consent from Natural England as well.2 A management notice is different from a management agreement as it legally obliges the recipient to carry out certainactivities.3 A ‘reasonable excuse’ may include: you have planning permission to carry out the work; you have consent from a publicbody or statutory authority that has complied with its duty to consult Natural England before giving the consent; it is anemergency operation (provided that Natural England is told as soon as possible after the emergency).20
GAEC 7Scheduled monumentsThe aim of these rules is to help preserve scheduled monuments because they are importantlandscape features.A. You must not1. carry out any of the following works without the written consent of English Heritage:• those resulting in the demolition or destruction of, or damage to, a scheduled monument;• those for the purpose of the removal or repair of a scheduled monument (or any part ofone);• those for the purpose of making alterations or additions to a scheduled monument(or part of one);• any flooding or tipping operations on land in, on or under which there is a scheduledmonument.You will not have broken these rules if any of the points below apply:• you took all reasonable precautions, and exercised all due diligence, to prevent anydamage to the monument (applies to first bullet point, above);• you did not know, and you had no reason to believe, that the monument was in an areaaffected by the works, or that the monument was scheduled (applies to first and thirdbullet points, above);• the works were urgently necessary in the interests of health or safety and you gave writtennotice to English Heritage of the need for the works as soon as reasonably possible.B. You must1. comply with the conditions attached to any consent you have received from English Heritage.Further advice and guidanceYou can get information on the location of scheduled monuments from theHistoric Environment Record held by your local authority (Local GovernmentArchaeological Officers), the English Heritage website atwww.english-heritage.org.uk or the Multi-Agency Geographic Information for theCountryside (MAGIC) website at www.magic.gov.uk.Guidance for Cross Compliance in England: Management of Habitats andLandscape Features (rpa176) is available on our website atrpa.defra.gov.uk/crosscompliance/farmerguidance.English Heritage: 01793 414 600The Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers: 01975 564 07121
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