ACORN FARMS LIMITED

Organisation or operator: ACORN FARMS LIMITED
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX463705
Site grid reference: TL 89101 45478
Environment Agency Operational Area: East Anglia
Registration date: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

Exemptions

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: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

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: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

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: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

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: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

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: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

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: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date: 2025-07-03
Expiry date: 2028-07-31

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence