waste exemption for cleaning a pond

[Hesstondriver]

what is the process for cleaning a pond?

as below the D1 permit refers to unconnected waterways - of which a solitary pond is not surely

also is there any timing restrictions on cleaning ponds or ditches ?

 

[Formatted]

@360farmsupport is your man

 

[Bald Rick]

what is the process for cleaning a pond?

as below the D1 permit refers to unconnected waterways - of which a solitary pond is not surely

also is there any timing restrictions on cleaning ponds or ditches ?

You're looking at the wrong bit ......

Look here:

You can spread dredging spoil from creating or maintaining habitats, ditches or ponds within parks, gardens, fields and forests under:

• U10 waste exemption: spreading waste to benefit agricultural land
• U11 waste exemption: spreading waste to benefit non-agricultural land

No one is going to question pond dredging's unless it's very stinky & next to house(s).

I would suggest that August/early Sept is going to be the best time as most insects, frogs etc will have had their young. However I would also spread the spoil thinly around the perimeter of the pond for a few days to allow things to creep back in to the water and don't be too aggressive with edge plants (remember nothing grows beyond a depth of about 1m)

OK, will take my old FWAG hat off now .......

 

[Wisconsonian]

I read that as you're not allowed move your dredging spoil to the bank of a different water body. So that you cannot use this exemption as a loophole to fill a bank that you would otherwise not be allowed to fill.

 

[Gerbert]

Don't ask, don't tell?

 

[Exfarmer]

I read that as you're not allowed move your dredging spoil to the bank of a different water body. So that you cannot use this exemption as a loophole to fill a bank that you would otherwise not be allowed to fill.

Absolutely definitely not, you risk carrying all manner of diseases and unwanted algae / water plant

 

[Wastexprt]

@360farmsupport is your man

Ta, sorry I've been a bit tied up for a while.

Pretty much what @Bald Rick mentioned, with the sapecific bit being 'Dredging spoil from maintaining ditches can only be spread on land next to the ditch from which it is dredged.'

I know it's a pond, but I would apply the same logic.