D8: burning waste at a port under a Plant Health Notice

Read New rules from January 2027 to find out what to do.

There’s a charge for most waste exemptions

This exemption is in band 3. Read waste exemption charges to find out what the charges and charging bands are.

The waste codes are those listed in the List of Wastes (LoW) Regulations. You need to make sure your waste fits within the relevant waste code and description.

You can burn up to 10 tonnes of waste in any 24 hour period.

The burning must be required under a Plant Health Notice.

The burning can take place only at the port where the waste is unloaded.

The storage and burning must take place in a secure place.

You need to register this exemption with us if you meet the requirements:

A bank, wall or embankment adjoining or confining, or constructed for the purposes of, or in connection with, any channel (includes all land between the bank and low-watermark).

D1 exemption: includes plant matter that is removed from inland waters.

Any animal or plant introduced from outside the UK that could spread and cause damage to the environment, the economy, and people’s health and the way they live.

(a) any river, stream or other watercourse (within the meaning of Chapter II of Part II of the Water Resources Act 1991), whether natural or artificial and whether tidal or not

(b) any lake or pond, whether natural or artificial, or any reservoir or dock, in so far as the lake, pond, reservoir or dock does not fall within paragraph (a) of this definition

(c) and so much of any channel, creek, bay, estuary or arm of the sea as does not fall within paragraph (a) or (b) of this definition