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Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) are areas of the countryside where the landscape, wildlife or historic interest is of national importance and where these environmental features can be impacted by farming operations. The 10 ESAs designated in Scotland formed the basis of the ESA Scheme wherein farmers and crofters could access payments to sustain or adopt environmentally friendly farming practices. As the scheme is now closed (superseded by the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Programme) boundaries are for illustrative purposes only. |
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Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) are areas of the countryside where the landscape, wildlife or historic interest is of national importance and where these environmental features can be impacted by farming operations. The 10 ESAs designated in Scotland formed the basis of the ESA Scheme wherein farmers and crofters could access payments to sustain or adopt environmentally friendly farming practices. As the scheme is now closed (superseded by the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Programme) boundaries are for illustrative purposes only. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) </SPAN><SPAN>were identified as</SPAN><SPAN> areas of the countryside where the landscape, wildlife or historic interest is of national importance and where these environmental features can be affected by farming operations. Features such as hedges, walls, ditches, field barns, hay meadows, heather moorland and river valley grasslands have been created by traditional farming methods over hundreds of years and are highly valued, both for their scenic beauty and for the habitats they provide for plants and wildlife. The ESA Scheme was designed to promote agriculture practices which have helped create these distinctive landscapes and have contributed to the maintenance of wildlife habitats or historic features. Introduced in 1987, the scheme formed part of the Scottish Agri-Environment Programme which was required to meet UK Government obligations under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). The scheme allow</SPAN><SPAN>ed</SPAN><SPAN> farmers and crofters within designated areas to have access to payments to sustain or adopt environmentally-friendly farming practices. Participation by farmers and crofters in the Scheme </SPAN><SPAN>wa</SPAN><SPAN>s voluntary. </SPAN><SPAN>The scheme is no longer active and has been superseded by the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) of the Scottish Rural Development Programme. </SPAN><SPAN>It should be noted that ESA</SPAN><SPAN>s</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>are</SPAN><SPAN> not a national landscape and/or nature conservation designation. ESA</SPAN><SPAN>s</SPAN><SPAN> ha</SPAN><SPAN>ve</SPAN><SPAN> no planning status and therefore cannot be used as a reason for refusing planning applications.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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