Part 7: Conservation Covenants Section 127: Discharge of obligation of landowner by agreement
This section provides that the responsible body under a conservation covenant and a landowner bound by (or having the benefit of) a conservation covenant can by agreement discharge any of the relevant land from the obligation (insofar as it relates to the landowner’s estate). An agreement to do this must be executed by deed by the parties and identify the relevant land, obligation and qualifying estate.
	If the whole of the land to which an obligation of the landowner under the conservation covenant relates is discharged from the obligation, the effect is to modify the covenant or, if it is the only obligation under the covenant, to discharge it entirely. Rules 8(1) and (2) of the Local Land Charges Rules 1977 require details to be given to the registering authority in relation to the Local Land Charges Register following the modification or discharge of a registered charge.
	If an area of land is discharged from an obligation of the landowner under the conservation covenant, the effect will be that the obligation relates to a smaller area of land because some land will have been freed from the obligation. Subsection (4)(a) ensures that a landowner is no longer bound by an obligation in respect of land which has been discharged from it.