Fernhill farm

Organisation or operator: Fernhill farm
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX459399
Address: FERNHILL FARM, CHEDDAR ROAD, COMPTON MARTIN, BRISTOL, BS40 6LD
Town or locality: BRISTOL
Postcode: BS40 6LD
Environment Agency Operational Area: Wessex
Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

Exemptions

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T10 — Sorting mixed waste

Small organisations, such as charities, separating recyclable waste so that it can be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T12 — Manually treating waste

Sorting, repairing or refurbishing waste to reuse it, or sorting and dismantling it so it can be recovered.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T2 — Recovering textiles

Cleaning waste clothes and textiles to recover them so they can be reused or recycled.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T20 — Treating waste at a water treatment works

Treating certain waste at a water treatment works to reduce the volume for transport, or making it easier to handle before the waste is recovered.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T26 — Treatment of kitchen waste in a wormery

Very small-scale treatment of waste from kitchens using a wormery to produce compost. The compost can be spread on land to add nutrients or to improve the structure of the soil.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

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: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T4 — Preparatory treatments (baling, sorting, shredding etc)

Treating waste to reduce its volume to help transport it to another site for reuse or recycling or make handling easier.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

T6 — Treating waste wood and waste plant matter by chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising

Chipping, shredding, cutting or pulverising waste wood and waste plant matter to make it easier to store and transport, or converting it into a suitable form to use. The waste treated by these methods must be suitable for its intended use, which can include feedstock for producing products such as panel board, mulch, surfacing tracks (paths and bridleways) or fuel.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

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: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

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: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

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: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

U14 — Incorporating ash into soil

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

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

U3 — Construction of entertainment or educational installations

Groups such as schools, colleges and theatres using waste such as off-cuts of wood creatively.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

U4 — Burning of waste as a fuel in a small appliance

Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

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: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

U9 — Using waste to manufacture finished goods

Using waste in place of raw materials to manufacture a finished product.

Registration date: 2025-06-23
Expiry date: 2028-07-21

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence