Countryside hedgerow protection: removing hedgerows
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Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Check if a hedgerow is protected
- Length
- Location
- 'Importance'
- Apply to remove a countryside hedgerow
- How your LPA will respond
- Appeal a hedgerow decision
- Check if you can work on a hedgerow
- Hedgerow management rules
- Nesting birds
- Tree protection and licensing
- Restrictions for rural payment schemes
- Report a suspected offence against nesting birds
- Report a suspected hedgerow offence
Source and licence
Natural England
AttributionNatural England, ‘Countryside hedgerow protection: removing hedgerows’ (updated 23 May 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026