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 The Law Commission has published a report, which makes recommendations for the introduction of a new statutory scheme of conservation covenants in England and Wales. 

The Law Commission has published a report, which makes recommendations for the introduction of a new statutory scheme of conservation covenants in England and Wales.

Their recommendations to introduce such a scheme would create a new legal tool, enabling landowners to protect land in order to conserve and restore our natural and built environment.  Conservation covenants would allow landowners voluntarily to create binding obligations on their own land to meet a conservation objective, such as preserving woodland, cultivating a particular species of plant or protecting a habitat for an animal, or farming land in a certain way.  The proposed statutory scheme would give individual landowners the opportunity, using private agreements, to contribute to conservation efforts being made across England and Wales.

This report concludes our Cons ervation Covenants project.

Reference number: LC349

Conservation Covenants [PDF, 4.34mb]

Conservation Covenants Summary [PDF, 0.15mb]

Conservation Covenants Consultation Responses [PDF, 17.43mb]

Conservation Covenants Impact Assessment [PDF, 0.23mb]