Spreading organic manure on agricultural land: RPS 252
This regulatory position statement (
RPS) applies to land managers. A land manager is anyone who has custody of, or the responsibility for, controlling agricultural land.
Normally, under regulation 4(1)(a) Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018, when you apply organic manure to agricultural land, the application must be planned so that it does not either:
exceed the needs of the soil or crop on that land
give rise to a significant risk of agricultural diffuse pollution
If you follow the conditions in this
RPS, you can have a plan to apply organic manure to agricultural land that may exceed the needs of the soil or crop on that land, as long as it does not cause pollution.