Yes, owners and holders of farms on agricultural estates may apply for a license to burn their withered grass between 1 April and 1 May each year.

Otherwise, it is prohibited.

The permit can be applied for from 1 March and the application is processed no later than 10 days after it is received.

No fire may be burned where the public may be in danger or damaged:

• natural sites,

• birdlife,

• moss,

• heather or tree roots,

• forest, structures.

Further information on permits to burn withered grass can be found here.