# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, Paragraph 9: Land reclamation or improvement (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3)— (a) spreading a kind of waste specified in column 2 of Part 1 of the Table in sub-paragraph (2) from the corresponding source specified in column 1 of Part 1 of that Table on any land; or (b) spreading a kind of waste specified in column 2 of Part 2 of the Table in sub-paragraph (2) from the corresponding source specified in column 1 of Part 2 of that Table on any land where that operation results in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement. (2) The Table referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is set out below. Column 1 Column 2 Source of Waste Kind of Waste PART 1 Wastes from physical and chemical processing of non-metalliferous minerals Waste gravel and crushed rocks Waste sand and clays Wastes from sugar processing Soil from cleaning and washing beet Wastes from power stations and other combustion plants (except wastes from waste management facilities, off-site waste water treatment plants and the preparation of water intended for human consumption and water for industrial use) Pulverised fuel ash, bottom ash and slag Wastes from manufacture of ceramic goods, bricks, tiles and construction products Waste ceramics, bricks, tiles and construction products (after thermal processing) Wastes from manufacture of cement, lime and plaster and articles and products made from them Waste concrete and concrete sludge Concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics Bricks Tiles and ceramics Mixtures of concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics Wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, palletising) not otherwise specified Minerals (for example sand, stones) Wastes from soil and groundwater remediation Solid wastes from soil remediation (other than those containing dangerous substances) Garden and park wastes (including cemetery waste) Soil and stones Soil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil Track ballast other than those containing dangerous substances PART 2 Wastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing De-inked paper sludge and de-inked paper pulp Lime mud waste Soil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil Soil and stones other than those containing dangerous substances Dredging spoil other than those containing dangerous substances Wastes from aerobic treatment of solid wastes Compost Wastes from waste water treatment plants Sludges from treatment of urban waste water Wastes from the preparation of water intended for human consumption or water for industrial use Sludges from water clarification Wastes from soil and groundwater remediation Sludges from soil remediation (other than those containing dangerous substances) (3) An operation does not fall within sub-paragraph (1) unless— (a) the waste is spread for the purpose of reclamation, restoration or improvement of land which has been subject to industrial or other man-made development, and the use to which that land could be put would be improved by the spreading; (b) the waste is spread in accordance with any requirement of or under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; (c) the waste is spread to a depth not exceeding the lesser of— (i) 2 metres, or (ii) the final cross-sections shown on any plan submitted under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2; and (d) no more than 20,000 cubic metres of waste are spread per hectare. (4) Secure storage for a period not exceeding 6 months, at the place where it is to be spread, of waste intended to be spread in reliance on sub-paragraph (1). --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110788760/schedule/3/paragraph/9 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-9 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.