{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/668",
  "legislation_title": "The Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nitrate-pollution-prevention-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Risk map",
  "text": "(1) An occupier of a holding who spreads organic manure on that holding must produce and maintain a map of the holding (a “risk map”) which shows the following—\n(a) each field, with its area in hectares;\n(b) all surface waters;\n(c) any boreholes, springs or wells on the holding or within 50 metres of the boundary of the holding;\n(d) areas with sandy or shallow soils;\n(e) land with an incline greater than 12 degrees;\n(f) land within 10 metres of surface waters;\n(g) land within 50 metres of a borehole, spring or well;\n(h) land drains (other than a sealed impermeable pipe);\n(i) sites suitable for temporary field heaps if this method of storing manure is to be used;\n(j) land that has a low run-off risk.\n(2) The information under paragraph (1)(j) need not be included in a risk map produced by an occupier who does not intend to spread manure on land that has a low run-off risk during the storage period as referred to in regulation 25.\n(3) Where a change in circumstances affects a matter referred to in paragraph (1), the occupier must update the risk map within three months of the change.\n(4) The occupier must keep a copy of the risk map for the holding.\n(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a holding on which organic manure is spread only in a greenhouse.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/668/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:42:55.288035+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}