Common Land: Cumbria

(asked on 11th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that those responsible for erecting temporary fences in Cumbria as part of the agri- environment schemes (a) achieve the habitat improvements that scheme is funding and (b) remove that fence and any redundant material when they are no longer achieving the objectives of that scheme.


Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 16th October 2018

The Department does not collect data on the number, location and planned removal date of temporary fences erected on common land in Cumbria; neither does it keep a map of temporary fences on commons. No discussions have taken place between the Department and its agencies on the mapping of temporary fencing erected in Cumbria.

As part of its work with the Lake District National Park Partnership, Natural England has worked with partners to develop a searchable website showing temporary consented fencing on common land in the Lake District, which will be publicly available through the Lake District National Park Authority.

Natural England also carries out a programme of aftercare visits on agri-environment agreements to provide agreement holders with advice on how to manage their schemes to achieve the outcomes.

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