The Law regarding manure storage

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    Steve R Soil Furtler

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    Are there any laws regarding storing manure on allotment plots and/or sites?
    I know many (myself included) store manure to allow rot-down before use and I have never heard of any issues with this, but what about a bulk delivery and storage to an allotment site, for plot holders use?

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    "X" marks the spot where our gardening club wish to store manure which is around 50-60 yards from the river and just to one side of the carpark, but when the club asked the Parish council, a flat refusal was given without reason. Now the Parish council has been shaken up since then and a new council now sits who are a bit move forward thinking, but before we go and ask again we wish to be sure of our facts. Can anyone shed any light on this?

    Steve...:)
     
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    Good to see you Steve :) The only logical thing I can think of is run off during storage. If the run off were to get into the river it would have a detrimental effect on water quality but 50-60 yards!? If that were their original reason then they were playing it very safe as I'm sure the legal storage distance is much less. My friend has a livery and he was informed (off the top of my head) a distance of about 30 feet. What quantity are you talking?
     
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      Funnily enough, I was just reading up on advice given to stables, and picked up the following quote "10 metres from a watercourse and 50 metres from a well, spring or borehole that supplies water for human consumption.

      We are well within those guidelines, also I read a bit further and as the manure is to be used as fertiliser it is not considered as a controlled waste anyway.

      Maybe it's just a case of "educating" our Parish council.

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      It probably also depends on what sort of manure you are talking about.

      Chicken manure and, to a certain extent, horse manure contain nitrates and used to be a way of producing potassium nitrate (saltpeter) to make 'black powder' gunpowder (75% saltpeter, 15% charcoal and 10% sulphur).

      Someone in the council may have been silly enough to worry about the non-existent threat of an explosion :scratch:.

      Otherwise, I can't see any problem - but read this Storing or spreading slurries and solid manure | Business Link

      If it's compost type manure then there is no problem in the slightest.
       
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      That's too often the case - there's no qualifications whatsoever required to be a Parish Councillor and DWP permit those deemed mentally incapable of any other form of work to be parish (district, county, etc,) councillors without any loss of benefits.

      Many years ago I became a Parish Councillor because I was so appalled at their incompetence and lack of expertise. I gave up being a parish councillor after one term because I realised they were even worse than I originally thought they were.
       
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      Our parish councillors are all excellent :dbgrtmb:
       
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