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Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act, 1953 (Ch. 10).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Legislation
Date
1953
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make it an offence to remove surface soil from land in certain circumstances ; and for purposes connected therewith.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Environmental fees/charges Erosion Agricultural land
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act declares it to be an offence to remove soil of at least a specified quantity from agricultural land soil, if such removal constitutes development within permission to the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, if carried out without the grant of permission required under Part III of that Act. The expressions "agriculture" and "agricultural" have the same meanings as in the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947. The prohibition shall not apply to the cutting of peat or to the removal of so much surface soil as it is reasonably necessary to remove in the course of cutting turf.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk