# / . 4 % 8 4 . / 6 % - " % 2 0(),)0 7()4% !.$ '!29 ,!2+-!. 4RADITIONAL FARM BUILDING RESTORATION UNDER THE %2$0 4HE %NGLAND 2URAL $EVELOPMENT 0ROGRAMME IS SUPPORTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FACE OF A DRAMATICALLY CHANGING ECONOMY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE 4RADITIONAL FARM BUILDINGS ARE BY FAR THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF HISTORIC STRUCTURE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE 4HEY PROVIDE TESTIMONY TO THE LONG HISTORY OF FARMING AND SETTLEMENT IN THE %NGLISH LANDSCAPE AND ARE VALUED AS A PROMINENT CONTRIBUTOR TO REGIONAL DISTINCTIVENESS 4HEY CAN ALSO PROVIDE AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR WIDER RURAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES 'OVERNMENT GRANT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THE RESTORATION OF FARM BUILDINGS IN %NGLAND THROUGH THE %NVIRONMENTALLY 3ENSITIVE !REAS %3! SCHEME AND MORE RECENTLY THE #OUNTRYSIDE 3TEWARDSHIP 3CHEME #33 FOR OVER YEARS 3INCE FUNDING HAS ALSO BEEN AVAILABLE IN %NGLAND THROUGH THE 2URAL %NTERPRISE 3CHEME 2%3 4HIS IS ONE OF THREE NEW @ECONOMIC SCHEMES WHICH ALONG WITH THE AGRI ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES MAKE UP THE %NGLAND 2URAL $EVELOPMENT 0ROGRAMME %2$0 4HIS IS A SEVEN YEAR PROGRAMME n FUNDED BY THE 'OVERNMENT AND THE %UROPEAN 5NION TO SUPPORT RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENT THE %UROPEAN 2URAL $EVELOPMENT 2EGULATION #OUNCIL 2EGULATION 'OVERNMENT AGRI ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION IN %NGLAND SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST %3!S IN 4HE %3! 3CHEME RELATES TO DISTINCT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS WHERE THE LANDSCAPE WILDLIFE AND HISTORIC INTEREST ARE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE 4HEY ENCOURAGE FARMERS TO HELP PROTECT THESE AREAS #33 INTRODUCED IN OPERATES THROUGHOUT %NGLAND ESSENTIALLY OUTSIDE %3!S AND AIMS TO s 3USTAIN THE BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY OF THE LANDSCAPE s )MPROVE AND EXTEND WILDLIFE HABITATS s #ONSERVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND HISTORIC FEATURES s 2ESTORE NEGLECTED LAND OR FEATURES s #REATE NEW HABITATS AND LANDSCAPES s )MPROVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNTRYSIDE ENJOYMENT "OTH SCHEMES ARE VOLUNTARY AND INVOLVE FARMERS AND LAND MANAGERS ENTERING INTO YEAR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THE $EPARTMENT FOR %NVIRONMENT &OOD AND 2URAL !FFAIRS $EFRA UNDER WHICH THEY MANAGE LAND IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY IN RETURN FOR ANNUAL PAYMENTS 'RANTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TOWARDS CAPITAL WORKS SUCH AS HEDGE RESTORATION REPAIRING STONE WALLS AND RESTORING TRADITIONAL FARM BUILDINGS "OTH SCHEMES ARE ADMINISTERED BY $EFRA S 2URAL $EVELOPMENT 3ERVICE 2$3 /VER THE PAST YEARS BOTH AGRI ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES HAVE EXPANDED AND TAKEN AN INCREASINGLY ACTIVE ROLE IN PROTECTING AND MANAGING THE RURAL HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING RESTORING BOUNDARIES MANAGING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ENHANCING DESIGNED LANDSCAPES AND RESTORING TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS 4HERE ARE PROVISIONS WITHIN BOTH SCHEMES FOR RESTORING TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS ON FARMS n ESSENTIALLY &ARM BUILDINGS IN 3HROPSHIRE
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