Highwood Farm

Organisation or operator: Highwood Farm
Register: Waste Exemptions
Registration reference: WEX424754
Address: HIGH WOOD FARM, HOOK NORTON ROAD, SWERFORD, CHIPPING NORTON, OX7 4BE
Town or locality: CHIPPING NORTON
Postcode: OX7 4BE
Environment Agency Operational Area: Thames
Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

D6 — Disposal by incineration

Disposing of small amounts of specific waste that have been produced on your site, in an incinerator.

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

D7 — Burning waste in the open

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

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

T23 — Aerobic composting and associated prior treatment

Composting small volumes of vegetation, cardboard and food waste to produce compost that can be spread to benefit the land by adding nutrients or improving the structure of the soil. Also treating the waste, before you compost it, by chipping or similar activities.

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

T24 — Anaerobic digestion at premises used for agriculture and burning resulting biogas

Farmers anaerobically digesting manure, slurry and vegetation on their farms to produce digestate that can be used as a fertiliser or soil conditioner. The anaerobic digestion (AD) process also produces biogas, which can be burnt to generate energy, for use on the farm, or exported to the National Grid.

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

U12 — Using mulch

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

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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

Using waste as fuel to produce heat or power.

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

U5 — Using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel

Storing and using biodiesel produced from waste as fuel in portable generators and motor vehicles.

Registration date: 2024-12-16
Expiry date: 2028-01-13

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Environment Agency Conditional Licence