SUMMARY OF NVZ RULES (SMR 4)
On land that is located within an NVZ, you must comply with the NVZ Action Programme Measures.
Remember: the application of organic manures or N fertilisers on uncultivated land or semi-natural areas may constitute a project under the Environmental Impact Assessments (Uncultivated Land) Regulations 2001. You may need to obtain a screening decision. See
GAEC 5 for further details.
Summary of the NVZ Action Programme Measures
Whole farm organic manure loading
You must limit the organic manure loading averaged over the whole farmed area each year (beginning on 19 December) to:
250kg total N per ha for grassland in any NVZ;
170kg total N per ha for non-grass crops in an NVZ designated in 1996; or 210kg total N/ha for non-grass crops in an NVZ designated in 2002.
The 210kg limit applies until 19 December 2006 and thereafter will revert to 170kg per ha.
The whole farm loading limit includes both manures spread to land and manures dropped by animals during grazing.
Any material or fertiliser which contains N that is applied to the land must be taken account of in the N fertiliser calculations.
Soil which is taken from ditches within the farm is not considered to be fertiliser and therefore is not relevant to this SMR.
These limits include N from manure deposited by animals while grazing. (Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that these limits are kept to.)
Field organic manure limit
Applications of organic manure to individual fields must not exceed 250kg/ha of total N per year. This limit does not include manure deposited by grazing animals.
