# The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008 (revoked) S.I. 2008/2349 · made 1 September 2008 · revised to 1 May 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksi_20082349_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2008-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20082349_en.pdf ## Introductory text Agriculture, England Water, England Made 1st September 2008 Laid before Parliament 4th September 2008 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introduction ## 1 Citation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Coming into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Exemptions for greenhouse crops, low intensity grassland farmers, and transitional provisions for holdings newly in a nitrate vulnerable zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Meaning of “polluted water” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Designation of nitrate vulnerable zones ## 7 Designation of nitrate vulnerable zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Application for a declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Proceedings before the panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Effect of panel findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Review of nitrate vulnerable zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11A Recommendations and proposals in relation to designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11B Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11C Grounds of appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11D Effect of a decision of the First-tier Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11E Interpretation of Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Limiting the application of organic manure ## 12 Application of livestock manure – total nitrogen limit for the whole holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Spreading organic manure – nitrogen limits per hectare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part NonBreakingSpace3A: Derogation ## 13A Application for a derogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13B Deemed derogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13C Appeal against refusal of a derogation application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13D Proceedings of the derogation application appeals panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13E Effect of derogation application appeals panel findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13F Derogated holdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Crop requirements ## 14 Planning the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Additional information to be recorded during the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Total nitrogen spread on a holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16A Grass grown for dehydration or for chlorophyll production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Calculating the amount of nitrogen available for crop uptake from livestock manure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17A Organic manure for which no value is established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Controlling the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser ## 18 Risk maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 When to spread fertiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Spreading manufactured fertiliser near surface water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Spreading organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs or wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Controlling how nitrogen fertiliser is spread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Incorporating organic manure into the ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Closed periods for spreading nitrogen fertiliser ## 24 Meaning of “organic manure with high readily available nitrogen” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Closed periods for spreading organic manure with high readily available nitrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Exemptions: crops sown before 15th September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Exemptions for organic holdings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Restrictions following the closed period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Times in which spreading manufactured nitrogen fertiliser is prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Storage of organic manure ## 31 Storage of organic manure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Temporary field sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Separation of slurry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Storage capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Calculations and records ## 35 Recording the size of the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Records relating to storage of manure during the storage period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Annual records relating to storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Record of nitrogen produced by animals on the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Livestock manure brought on to or sent off the holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Sampling and analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Records of crops sown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Records of spreading nitrogen fertiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Subsequent records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Fertiliser Advisers Certification and Training Scheme advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Duration of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Review ## 46 Monitoring and review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Public participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47A Regulatory review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: Enforcement ## 48 Offences and penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48A Civil sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part NonBreakingSpace1: Exemptions for greenhouse crops ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part NonBreakingSpace2: Transitional provisions for holdings newly in a nitrate vulnerable zone ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Amount of manure, nitrogen and phosphate produced by grazing livestock and non-grazing livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Calculating nitrogen in manure ## NonBreakingSpace1 Standard table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part NonBreakingSpace2: Sampling and analysis ## 1 Slurry and other liquid and semi-liquid organic manure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Solid manures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Permitted crops for the closed period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Derogated holdings ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Derogation from the measures governing the limit on application of livestock manure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Planning the spreading of phosphate fertiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3A Other requirements for fertilisation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Other requirements for fertilisation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Soil sampling and analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Additional information to be recorded during the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Risk maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Maintaining the derogated holding as a grassland holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Closed period for ploughing grass on the derogated holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Sowing of crops following grass on the derogated holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Crop rotation on the derogated holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Recording the size of the derogated holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Records relating to storage of manure during the storage period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Record of nitrogen and phosphate produced by animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Livestock manure intended to be brought on to or sent off the derogated holding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Records of crops sown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Records of spreading phosphate fertiliser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Recording the date of ploughing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Fertilisation accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2349 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2008-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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