Contacting the (former) Land & Grazing Management Team
Natural England, Former Land & Grazing Management Team, 100 Southgate
Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2BD
Tel: 01284 717608
Fax: 01284 753658
Coombestone Tor
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Our specialist team maintains a varied and diverse workload covering mainly
non-ERDP matters but closely involved with delivery of sustainable development
objectives and statutory functions.
Work Areas
- Policy Advice
- Strategic Map
- Adhoc Advice
- Introduction
- Definitions and Details
- Investigations
- Practical Advice
- Policy Advice
- Adhoc Responses
- Training
Environmental Impact Assessment
- Policy Advice - Development of policy for the implementation and
running of new EIA regulations.
- Scheme Work - Appraisal of applications, liaison with partners,
giving decisions, enforcement and inputs into appeals for EIA regulation.
- See more information on
Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA).
Heather and Grass Burning
- By law burning is allowed only:
- 1 November - 31 March in lowlands;
- 1 October - 15 April in uplands
- At all other times a licence is required.
- The Heather and Grass
Burning Code (PDF) gives useful infomation
to those applying for a licence.
- Applications to burn should be made by completing a
BUR
1 form (PDF)
- See more information on
Heather and Grass
Burning.
Land Tribunal
- Professional reports on drainage cases brought to the Tribunals.
- Attendance at tribunal hearings as expert witness.
Rural Planning
- Policy Advice - Rural planning advice and development of policy for
agricultural and rural diversification, and land use.
- Work For GO's - Strategic studies and assisting with rural inputs
into developing strategies and adhoc developments.
- Adhoc questions - Inputs into RPG and National projects for policy
units. Planning and land use questions from wide range of enquiries on future
and past policy.
- A
Farmer's Guide to the Planning System (PDF, 785
KB)
- Land
Use and Planning
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