David Austin

Organisation or operator: David Austin
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX449336
Address: HYDEFIELD, BUSH BANK, HEREFORD, HR4 8EL
Town or locality: HEREFORD
Postcode: HR4 8EL
Environment Agency Operational Area: West Midlands
Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

Exemptions

D1 — Depositing waste from dredging inland waters

Depositing dredging spoil (dredgings) on the banks of the waters it was dredged from and treating it by screening and removing water.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

D4 — Depositing agricultural waste consisting of plant tissue under a Plant Health Notice

Depositing diseased crops where they were grown, when a Plant Health Notice has been issued. This is to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases or pests.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

D5 — Depositing waste samples for testing or analysis

Depositing and storing waste samples, where they are required to comply with or enforce specified regulations, or before testing and analysis for research.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

D6 — Disposal by incineration

Disposing of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on your site, in an incinerator.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

D7 — Burning waste in the open

Burning plant tissue and untreated wood waste from joinery or manufacturing in the open air.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

D8 — Burning waste at a port under a Plant Health Notice

Burning plant tissue waste and wood packaging and packing material waste, at a port, when a Plant Health Notice has been served to prevent the spread of plant diseases.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

S3 — Storing sludge

Storing sewage sludge at a place where it's to be used in accordance with the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

T32 — Treatment of waste in a biobed or biofilter

Treating non-hazardous pesticide washings in a biobed or biofilter. The treated washings can be re-used and the biobed material (biomix) can then be spread on land (under an exemption) for agricultural or ecological benefit.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

T6 — Treating waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising

Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste wood and waste plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or converting it into a suitable form to use. The waste treated by these methods must be suitable for its intended use, which can include feedstock for producing products such as panel board, mulch, surfacing tracks (paths and bridleways) or fuel.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U10 — Spreading waste to benefit agricultural land

Spreading specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials such as agricultural lime used to improve or maintain soil.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U12 — Using mulch

Landscapers, farmers or growers spreading mulch as a protective covering onto land around trees, bushes or plants.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U13 — Spreading plant matter to provide benefits

Spreading cut plants at the place of production for weed suppression or to provide nutrients to the soil.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

Mixing ash back into the soil to return some of the nutrients from burnt crops and vegetation.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U15 — Spreading of pig and poultry ash

Mixing ash from burning pig or poultry carcasses with slurry and/or manure and spreading it on farmland to provide the soil with nutrients.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U2 — Use of baled end-of-life tyres in construction

Using a small number of end-of-life tyre bales in construction.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U4 — Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance

Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

U5 — Using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel

Storing and using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.

Registration date: 2025-05-11
Expiry date: 2028-06-08

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence