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Labour to save hedges

Language: English Series: Sunday Times ; 21 March 1999, 13(1)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: New regulations to be announced in May will strengthen the current system of protection of hedgerows, and increase the number of protected hedges to around 40% of the total - twice as many as are protected at present. Since 1984 the length of hedgerows has fallen from 350,000 miles to less than 200,000.

New regulations to be announced in May will strengthen the current system of protection of hedgerows, and increase the number of protected hedges to around 40% of the total - twice as many as are protected at present. Since 1984 the length of hedgerows has fallen from 350,000 miles to less than 200,000.