Dillington Farms

Organisation or operator: Dillington Farms
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX476639
Address: WHITELACKINGTON, ILMINSTER, TA19 9EG
Town or locality: ILMINSTER
Postcode: TA19 9EG
Environment Agency Operational Area: Wessex
Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

S1 — Storing waste in secure containers

Storing specific waste in secure containers at a different place to where the waste was produced, before it's transported to another site to be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

S2 — Storing waste in a secure place

Storing specific waste a secure place that's different to where it was produced, before the waste is transported to another site to be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

T1 — Cleaning, washing, spraying or coating relevant waste

Treating waste packaging so that it can be reused in its original form. Also cleaning suitable waste to allow it to be recycled.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

T23 — Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment

Composting small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to produce compost that can be spread to benefit the land by adding nutrients or improving the structure of the soil. Also treating the waste, before you compost it, by chipping or similar activities.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

T24 — Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning resulting biogas

Farmers anaerobically digesting manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate that can be used as a fertiliser or soil conditioner. The anaerobic digestion (AD) process also produces biogas, which can be burnt to generate energy, for use on the farm, or exported to the National Grid.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

U1 — Use of waste in construction

Use of waste in construction using suitable waste rather than virgin raw material or material which has ceased to be waste - for example by complying with a Quality Protocol.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

U8 — Using waste for a specified purpose

Using waste that does not need treating, to reduce the use of virgin or non waste materials.

Registration date: 2025-10-28
Expiry date: 2028-10-27

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence